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1
Q

Asunder

A

In pieces

2
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Atrabilious

A

Melancholy or bad-tempered

3
Q

Aurora

A

Dawn

4
Q

Bestrew

A

Scatter (eg. Of stars)

5
Q

Bosky

A

Covered by trees or bushes

6
Q

Brume

A

Mist/fog

7
Q

Celerity

A

Swiftness

8
Q

Coruscate

A

Flash/sparkle

9
Q

Darkling

A

Growing darkness

10
Q

Divers

A

Of varying types

11
Q

Dolour

A

Great sorrow

12
Q

Effulgent

A

Shining brightly

13
Q

Empyrean

A

Sky

14
Q

Evanescent

A

Quickly fading

15
Q

Firmament

A

Sky

16
Q

Flexuous

A

Full of bends or curves

17
Q

Lambent

A

Softly glowing or flickering

18
Q

Manifold

A

Many or various

19
Q

Niveous

A

Snowy

20
Q

Nocuous

A

Harmful or poisonous

21
Q

Translucent

A

Partially see through

22
Q

Pellucid

A

Translucent

23
Q

Perfidious

A

Deceitful and untrustworthy

24
Q

Realm

A

Kingdom

25
Q

Rubescent

A

Reddening

26
Q

Sempiternal

A

Everlasting

27
Q

Susurration

A

Whispering or rustling sound

28
Q

Toilsome

A

Involving hard work

29
Q

Troublous

A

Full of troubles

30
Q

Tryst

A

Rendezvous between lovers

31
Q

Viridescent

A

Greenish or becoming green

32
Q

Visage

A

A person’s face

33
Q

Wayfarer

A

A person who travels on foot

34
Q

Wondrous

A

Inspiring wonder

35
Q

Wrathful

A

Extremely angry

36
Q

Wreathe

A

Twist or entwine

37
Q

Youngling

A

A young person or animal

38
Q

Zephyr

A

A soft, gentle breeze

39
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In pieces

A

Asunder

40
Q

Melancholy or bad-tempered

A

Atrabilious

41
Q

Dawn

A

Aurora

42
Q

Scatter (eg. Of stars)

A

Bestrew

43
Q

Covered by trees or bushes

A

Bosky

44
Q

Mist/fog

A

Brume

45
Q

Swiftness

A

Celerity

46
Q

Flash/sparkle

A

Coruscate

47
Q

Growing darkness

A

Darkling

48
Q

Of varying types

A

Divers

49
Q

Great sorrow

A

Dolour

50
Q

Shining brightly

A

Effulgent

51
Q

Sky (E)

A

Empyrean

52
Q

Quickly fading

A

Evanescent

53
Q

Sky (F)

A

Firmament

54
Q

Full of bends or curves

A

Flexuous

55
Q

Softly glowing or flickering

A

Lambent

56
Q

Many or various

A

Manifold

57
Q

Snowy

A

Niveous

58
Q

Harmful or poisonous

A

Nocuous

59
Q

Partially see through

A

Translucent

60
Q

Translucent

A

Pellucid

61
Q

Deceitful and untrustworthy

A

Perfidious

62
Q

Kingdom

A

Realm

63
Q

Reddening

A

Rubescent

64
Q

Everlastingly

A

Sempiternal

65
Q

Whispering or rustling sound

A

Susurration

66
Q

Involving hard work

A

Toilsome

67
Q

Full of troubles

A

Troublous

68
Q

Rendezvous between lovers

A

Tryst

69
Q

Green or becoming green

A

Viridescent

70
Q

A person’s face

A

Visage

71
Q

A person who travels on foot

A

Wayfarer

72
Q

Inspiring wonder

A

Wondrous

73
Q

Extremely angry

A

Wrathful

74
Q

Twist or entwine

A

Wreathe

75
Q

A young person or animal

A

Youngling

76
Q

A soft gentle breeze

A

Zephyr

77
Q

Ornamental hanging covering the edge of a shelf or upper part of a window or a door

A

Lambrequin

78
Q

dark-green stone with red spots used as a gemstone

A

Bloodstone

79
Q

goodbye

A

adieu