English Vocabulary Word (Poetry)

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futile

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being of no use; done in vain

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amorphous

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shapeless; without definite form or shape

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elude

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to avoid or escape without notice

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degenerate

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to become worse or more debased; deteriorate

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ostensibly

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conspicuous; open to view

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stupor

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a condition in which senses are dulled by liquor, or being confused

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retribution

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payback; the act of reward or punishment

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stoicism

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indifference to pain or pleasure

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vigor

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lively quality; active strength or force, physical or mental

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inciting

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to spur to action; urge on

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poignancy

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piercing sharp affection to feelings

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lark

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to play or frolic

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guile

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result of deceiving; craftiness; sly dealing with others

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myriad

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an indefinitely large number or things

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subtleties

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ability to have or make fine distinctions

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vile

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morally base evil

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poise

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cool headed resistance to disturbance

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bracken

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a course hardy fern

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immortality

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unending existence, not subject to death

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demur

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to offer objections, delay, hesitate

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prodigious

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extraordinary, impressive

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supercilious

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arrogant, pompous

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assent

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to grant consent; to express agreement; concur

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listed

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swayed;bend; incline in opinion

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ominous

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threatening, foreshadowing; something regarding as prophetic

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ravenous

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overly eager for food; extremely hungry

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morose

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ill humored; sullen, gloomy

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guffawing

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a loud boisterous laughter

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dilatory

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given to or characterized by delay, tardiness, slow

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proffered

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to offer acceptance

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squalor

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the state of being in filth and wretched poverty

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hermitage

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the retreat of dwelling that's secluded

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quaint

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combining antique appearance with pleasing oddity, old fashioned

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demure

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grave, reserved, prim & proper

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plaguey

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disagreeable, troublesome, intolerable

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ornithologist

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expert on birds

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pinions

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wings

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bangeing

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lounging around

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elusive

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tending to slip away; hard to grasp

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fancied

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imaginative ideas, whims or dreams

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piteous

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arousing pit or sorry for

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insidious

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subtle cunning; deceitful; treacherous

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digress

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to turn aside from the main subject, to ramble or wander

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malingers

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to pretend sickness and avoid work or responsibility

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meticulous

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extremely, overly precise about details especially in travel matters

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obtuse

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lacking acuteness of intellect; feeling unclear

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tedious

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causing weariness; boring

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formulated

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to put or state in exact form

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nostalgia

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homesickness, wistful yearning

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labyrinths

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a place constructed with confusing passages

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frivolity

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of little importance, lacking in seriousness

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mortified

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humiliate, to subdue by self inflicted pain

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furrows

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a narrow grove or wrinkle

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destitute

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lacking something need to desirable, extreme poverty