Ethan Frome Vocab #2

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Cessation

Back 1

A stopping of some action, pause or stop.

Front 2

Taciturnity

Back 2

Tending to be quiet; not speaking frequently.

Front 3

Foreboding

Back 3

Feeling that something bad is going to happen.

Front 4

Scrupulously

Back 4

Careful about doing something correct or honest.

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Opulence

Back 5

Wealth, affluence, abundance, and profusion.

Front 6

Genial

Back 6

Favorable to growth or comfort: mild.

Front 7

Precedent

Back 7

Earlier time, order, arrangement, or significance.

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Prudence

Back 8

Careful good judgment that allows someone to avoid danger or risks.

Front 9

Discomfiture

Back 9

Act of discomfiting (embarrassment).

Front 10

Irony

Back 10

Use of words that mean the opposite what you really think in order to be funny.

Front 11

Insatiable

Back 11

Always wanting more; not able to be satisfied.

Front 12

Feign

Back 12

To pretend to feel or be affected by something.

Front 13

Implore

Back 13

To make a very serious or emotional request.

Front 14

Elapse

Back 14

To pass by as of time.

Front 15

Subdue

Back 15

To get control of by using force, punishment, etc.

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Indolent

Back 16

Not liking to work or be active.

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Countenance

Back 17

Appearance of a persons face; persons expression.

Front 18

Obliterate

Back 18

To destroy completely so nothing is left.

Front 19

Replenish

Back 19

To fill or build up again.

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Constraint

Back 20

Something that limits or restricts someone or something.

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Intimacy

Back 21

Something of personal or private nature.

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Implication

Back 22

Something suggested without being said directly.

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Contemplation

Back 23

Act of thinking deeply about something.

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Repercussion

Back 24

Something bad that happens as a result of an action.

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Perceptible

Back 25

Capable of being perceived; recognizable.

Front 26

Indifference

Back 26

Lack of interest or concern.

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Derision

Back 27

Ridicule; mockery.

Front 28

Linger

Back 28

To stay on in place for longer than usual.

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Solace

Back 29

Comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble.

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Deign

Back 30

To think fit or in accordance with ones dignity.

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Conviviality

Back 31

Friendly; agreeable.

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Ineffectual

Back 32

Without satisfactory or decisive effect.

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Aver

Back 33

To assert or affirm with confidence.

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Fitful

Back 34

Coming, appearing, acting, in fits or spells irregularly.

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Ponderous

Back 35

Of great weight heavy massive.

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Perfunctory

Back 36

Lacking interest care or enthusiasm.

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Squalid

Back 37

Fool and repulsive.

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Oblige

Back 38

To bind morally or legally as by a promise or contract.

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Stoicism

Back 39

Repression of emotion and indifference to pleasure or pain.

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Grievance

Back 40

A complaint or resentment as against an unjust or unfair act.