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Whitman Vocabulary Flashcards

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Transfigured

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To transform into something more beautiful

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Copulation

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Sexual intercourse

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Translucent

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allowing light, but not detailed images, to pass through; semi-transparent

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Tilth

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prepared surface soil; tilled soil.

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Occult

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of or relating to magic

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Convolutions

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a coil or twist, especially one of many

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Timorous

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showing or suffering from nervousness fear, or a lack of confidence

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Tussled

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engaged in a vigorous struggle or scuffle.

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Metaphysics

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a branch of philosophy that examines the nature and reality

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Diaphanous

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light, delicate and translucent

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Gambols

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run or jump about playfully

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Exuding

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discharge slowly and steadily

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Obliquely

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not in a directed way, indirectly

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Loafe

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to idle one’s time away, typically by aimless wandering or loitering

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Creeds

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a set of beliefs or aims that guide someone’s actions -> specifically applicable to Christianity

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Abeyance

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a state of temporary inactivity; suspension

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Suffice

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to meet and satisfy a need

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Harbor

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keep in one’s mind especially secretly

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Hazard

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danger or risk

20
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Disposition

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someone’s inherent character or nature

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Snipe

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a brown bird native to wetlands and marches

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Curling

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form a curved shape

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Kosmos

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a Greek word meaning sum of everything

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Afflatus

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a divine creative impulse or inspiration

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Primeval

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of or resembling the earliest ages in the history of the world

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Interminable

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endless

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Colter

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a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow

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Libidinous

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showing excessive sexual drive

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Prongs

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splits in a fork

30
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Suffuse

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gradually spread through or over

31
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Staid

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sedate, respectable and unadventurous

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