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13 Cards in this Set
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Repose
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to lie at rest; to lie dead (reposing in state); to remain still or concealed
To take a rest; to rest for support |
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Copse
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a small copse of trees shaded the back of the house
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Sportive
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frolicsome, playful, ardent, wanton
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Ardent
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characterized by warmth of feeling typically expressed in eager zealous support or activity (ardent proponents of the bill)
Fiery, hot (an ardent sun) Shining, glowing (ardent eyes) Ex. Made ardent declarations of love to the woman he someday hoped to marry |
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Wanton
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hard to control, undisciplined, unruly; playfully mean or cruel: mischievous
Lewd, bawdy; causing sexual excitement: lustful sensual Merciless, inhumane (wanton cruelty); having no just foundation or provocation: malicious (a wanton attack) Being without check or limitation as a. luxuriantly rank (wanton vegetation) or unduly lavish/extravagant (wanton imagination) Examples: No artist should be subjected to this much wanton affection: it’s unseemly, like being hugged by a stranger who won’t let go.; He showed a wanton disregard for his friend’s feelings; vandals were guilty of the wanton destruction of the school property |
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Pastoral
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of or relating to the countryside: not urban; portraying or expressive of the life of shepards or country people especially in an idealized and conventional manner (pastoral poetry)
Pleasingly peaceful and innocent: Idyllic |
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Idyll or Idyllic
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Idyllic: pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity (he had an idyllic childhood); of, relating to , or being an idyll
Idyll: a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment A narrative poem treating an epic, romantic, or tragic theme A lighthearted carefree episode that is a fit subject for an idyll; a romantic interlude (Her year as a vineyard worker in the South of France was not the idyll that she had expected it to be) |
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Vagrant
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: one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support; one (as a prostitute or drunkard) whose conduct constitutes statutory vagrancy
Wanderer, Rover (pirate) Vagrancy: (ex. A frequent victim to the vagrancies of the heart, she had a succession of passionate but short-lived romances) |
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Corporeal
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having, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body: as not spiritual; not immaterial or intangible: substantial (the corporeal nature of matter; corporal cravings such as hunger and thirst)
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Recompense
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to reward or repay for something done, given; to give compensation for an injury; restitution
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Impel
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To urge a person; to press on; to incite to action or motion via intrinsic motivation (contrast with propel, to compel or dive extrinsically)
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Chasten
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: to punish (in order to bring about improvement in behavior; to make chaste/purify; to render humble or restrained
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Genial
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friendly and cheerful
(especially of weather) pleasantly mild and warm Marked by Genius |
