Marigolds-Vocabulary Flashcards

(12 cards)

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Nostalgia

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Bittersweet longing for something in the past

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Bravado

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A false show of courage

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Futile

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Having no useful result

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Poignantly

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In a profoundly moving manner

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Ostensibly

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Seemingly; to all outward appearances

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Retribution

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Something given in repayment

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Stoicism

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Indifference to pleasure or pain

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Perverse

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Stubbornly contrary; wrong; harmful

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Impotent

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Powerless, lacking strength

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Exuberance

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Condition of unrestrained joy

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Degradation

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Condition of being brought to a lower level; humiliation

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Squalor

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Shabby and wretched condition

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