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24 Cards in this Set
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sibilance
it was a curious sibilance, as if he were lisping all his words |
hissing sound
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respite
There was a respite only when we put into port |
relief from oppressive conditions
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valets
Negro slaves being trained to be valets to their owners |
servants
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inconsolably
Miri wept inconsolably |
not able to be comforted
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reveries
I did not feat disturbing him in one of his reveries |
daydreams
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florid
He was a great, florid, handsome man |
of reddish complexion
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subtly
turning myself so subtly as to ruin Cristobal's drawing |
not obvious
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ochre
Bring me some more of the ochre. |
a yellowish brown pigment
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corpulence
a false appearance of corpulence |
excessive fatness
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prodigiously
He painted prodigiously in summer |
extra ordinary in size or degree
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imperiously
He was silenced with a look and hand held up imperiously. |
haughty or arrogant
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taciturn
He is taciturn and thinks of nothing but his painting |
not inclined to talk
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ignominy
I don't suppose the fellow meant to hurt me, but the ignominy of it made me cry. |
a state of having lost all claim to the good opinion of one's fellows
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penury
He moved with decorum in public, but lived in penury and discomfort inside his fine shell of a house. |
extreme lack of money
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decorum
He moved with decorum in public, but lived in penury and discomfort inside his fine shell of a house. |
appropriateness of behavior
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impetuously
Bartolemo stepped forward impetuously |
impulsively
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intermittent
He suffered intermittent pain |
coming and going at intervals, not continuous
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capricious
Mistress was king but capricious |
unpredictable
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distraught
When I learned of the journey, I was much distraught |
agitated with mental conflict
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lithe
He was Romany, lithe and graceful, strong as a panther. |
flexible
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opulent
It cast an opulent Oriental glow of its own. |
luxurious, lavish
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deprecate
"our models are not likely to show the rose tones your canvasses display, " he added deprecately |
a strong expression of disapproval
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temerity
Such temerity had I |
reckless boldness, rashness
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trepidation
I looked at the hound, not without trepidation |
feeling of distress brought on by impending danger
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