Week 35 Flashcards

Joan Didion's "On Keeping a Notebook" (16 cards)

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adjective ; (of liquid) thick, syrupy, and gluey; flowing slowly ; …and all she can see ahead are the ~~~ summer sidewalks and the 3 a.m. long‑distance calls that will make her lie awake… ; The syrup became too ~~~ to pour after it cooled.

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viscous

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noun ; a natural liking or preference for something ; …it does reveal a certain ~~~ for the extreme which has dogged me into adult life… ; She has a ~~~ for mystery novels over romances.

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predilection

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noun ; the quality of seeming real or true ; …worked into the day’s pattern to lend ~~~; I was ten years old and would not now remember the cracked crab. ; Adding small details can give a story the ~~~ readers need to believe it.

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verisimilitude

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adjective ; made up and not real ; And yet it is precisely that ~~~ crab that makes me see the afternoon all over again… ; The article turned out to be based on ~~~ quotes.

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fictitious

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adjective ; irregular and unpredictable; liable to sudden unpredictable change ; …about bits of the mind’s string too short to use, an indiscriminate and ~~~ assemblage with meaning only for its maker. ; His attendance was ~~~, making group work difficult.

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erratic

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adjective ; shy and lacking self‑confidence ; …taught to be ~~~, just this side of self‑effacing. ; She felt ~~~ about sharing her poem with the class.

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diffident

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noun ; a ghostly figure or sudden, startling appearance ; …an ~~~ all the more insistent for being so long banished. ; The abandoned house seemed to hold an ~~~ at every corner.

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apparition

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adjective; incapable of being reversed or undone ; …she looked old and ~~~ly tired to me… ; The decision caused an ~~~change in their relationship.

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irrevocable

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viscous

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adjective ; (of liquid) thick, syrupy, and gluey; flowing slowly ; …and all she can see ahead are the ~~~ summer sidewalks and the 3 a.m. long‑distance calls that will make her lie awake… ; The syrup became too ~~~ to pour after it cooled.

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predilection

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noun ; a natural liking or preference for something ; …it does reveal a certain ~~~ for the extreme which has dogged me into adult life… ; She has a ~~~ for mystery novels over romances.

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verisimilitude

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noun ; the quality of seeming real or true ; …worked into the day’s pattern to lend ~~~; I was ten years old and would not now remember the cracked crab. ; Adding small details can give a story the ~~~ readers need to believe it.

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fictitious

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adjective ; made up and not real ; And yet it is precisely that ~~~ crab that makes me see the afternoon all over again… ; The article turned out to be based on ~~~ quotes.

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erratic

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adjective ; irregular and unpredictable; liable to sudden unpredictable change ; …about bits of the mind’s string too short to use, an indiscriminate and ~~~ assemblage with meaning only for its maker. ; His attendance was ~~~, making group work difficult.

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diffident

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adjective ; shy and lacking self‑confidence ; …taught to be ~~~, just this side of self‑effacing. ; She felt ~~~ about sharing her poem with the class.

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irrevocable

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adjective ; incapable of being reversed or undone ; …she looked old and ~~~ly tired to me… ; The decision caused an ~~~change in their relationship.

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apparition

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noun ; a ghostly figure or sudden, startling appearance ; …an ~~~ all the more insistent for being so long banished. ; The abandoned house seemed to hold an ~~~ at every corner.