Marigolds-Vocabulary Flashcards
(12 cards)
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Nostalgia
A
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