English Literature Vocabulary

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to accuse, a suggestion of wrong doing

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Imputations

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Mental abilities before your age, use it to describe children with adult-like thinking powers

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Precocious

Front 3

Yearn to possess, to want very powerfully

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Coveting

Front 4

Bright, shining, Easily comprehended, clear

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Luminous

Front 5

A structure composed of columns placed at regular intervals, A series of columns placed at regular intervals

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Colonnade

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When you cut down a street where you've never been, going on an adventure, cutting through peoples yards, finding different ways to get to the same place

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North-West Passage

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departing from the plan, to miss the appointment, to get into the garden

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Divergent

Front 8

Come from different directions and meet at (a place).

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converged

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A large cup or goblet, typically used for drinking wine.

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chalice

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Have an effect or impact, esp. a negative one: "the tragedy would ________ on her life".

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impinge

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(of something regarded as unpleasant) Continuing without pause or interruption: "the _________ beat of the music".

Back 11

incessant

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(of something restrictive or too tight) Make (a part of the body) sore by rubbing against it: "the collar ________ his neck".

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chafed

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Excessively talkative, esp. on trivial matters.

Back 13

garrulous

Front 14

secretive, not causing a lot of trouble

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discreet

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horse riding, in a race.

Back 15

champing

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baby carriage it has an expensive connotation to it

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pram

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1. statement
2. restate
3. ___??___
stronger than to "repeat"

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reiterated

Front 18

complain, negative emotional charge

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remonstrated

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park orchestra; A round building or room, esp. one with a dome.

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rotunda

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eager

Back 20

agog

Front 21

mindless peasant

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servile

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entranced in a positive way

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beguiling

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not avoidable

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inevitable

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Property inherited from one's father or male ancestor.

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patrimony

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Dip or submerge in a liquid. (thought of in a thought kind of way: abstract)

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immersed

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the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful (has a negative connotation)

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exploitation

Front 27

Laugh in a breathy, gleeful way; chuckle.

Back 27

chortled

Front 28

Abrupt or offhand in speech or manner.

Back 28

brusque

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Having, showing, or proceeding from too great a readiness to reveal things that should remain secret or private.

Back 29

indiscreet

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A hope or ambition of achieving something: "he had nothing tangible to back up his literary ___________".

Back 30

aspiration

Front 31

A person who works with, rides, and tends an elephant.

Back 31

mahout

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Sovereignty; control: "man's attempt to establish _________ over nature".

Back 32

dominion

Front 33

dotage: mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations.

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senility

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A reason given in justification of a course of action that is not the real reason.

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pretext

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Legal surrender of a fugitive to the jurisdiction of another state, country, or government for trial

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extradition

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Extreme malice and bitterness shown in someone's attitudes, speech, or actions.

Back 36

venom

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The action of spending funds.

Back 37

expenditure

Front 38

Excrement; dung.

Back 38

ordure

Front 39

Believing that people are motivated by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity.

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cynically

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Run or jump about playfully.

Back 40

gamboled

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A wooden house or cottage with overhanging eaves, typically found in the Swiss Alps.

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chalet

Front 42

Move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way in a specified direction: "the car __________ across the road and went through a hedge".

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careered

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(of a person or their manner) Unwilling or unable to believe something: "an __________ gasp".

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incredulous

Front 44

powerlessness: the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble.

Back 44

impotence

Front 45

a particle of soot; sooty matter.

Back 45

smuts

Front 46

of vital or critical importance: a ______ event.

Back 46

pivotal

Front 47

to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame: to ________ someone's character.

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denigration

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antiquated or obsolete: ___________ ideas.

Back 48

superannuated

Front 49

appease a wound; to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate.

Back 49

propitiate

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Lovers-Lane

Back 50

Kiltartran's Cross

Front 51

fighting, disorder

Back 51

tumult

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(of an amount) Small or meager.
Petty; trivial

Back 52

paltry

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A profoundly wise man.

Back 53

sages

Front 54

Clever or cunning devices or expedients, esp. as used to trick or deceive others: "_______ and outright fakery".

Back 54

artifice

Front 55

invocation: a prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service.

Back 55

supplication

Front 56

(esp. of language or literary style) Pompous or bombastic: "tumid oratory".

Back 56

tumid

Front 57

Thick, soft, wet mud or a similar viscous mixture of liquid and solid components, esp. the product of an industrial or refining process.

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sludge

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Make continual twisting, squirming movements or contortions of the body.

Back 58

writhing

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Offensive to moral principles; repugnant.

Back 59

obscene

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Partly digested food returned from the first stomach of ruminants to the mouth for further chewing.

Back 60

cud

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Speak, sing, or sound with a ____ : "a ______ Welsh accent".

Back 61

lilting

Front 62

The period of a person's or thing's greatest success or popularity.

Back 62

heydays

Front 63

An apple or other fruit blown down from a tree or bush by the wind.

Back 63

windfall

Front 64

A North and Central American nightjar (Caprimulgus vociferus) with a distinctive call.

Back 64

whippoorwills

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Showing a reckless lack of care or attention: "his _______ impetuosity".

Back 65

heedless

Front 66

Talk wildly or incoherently, as if one were delirious or insane.

Back 66

rave

Front 67

An operational unit in an air force consisting of two or more flights of aircraft and the personnel required to fly them.

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squadrons

Front 68

Visually attractive, esp. in a quaint or pretty style.

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picturesque