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8 Cards in this Set
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Bleakness
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Cold and cutting; harsh
"While facing the loss of a companion, we had begun Saturday morning consumed by sadness,without any indication that anything other than bleakness would be our lot for the day." |
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Boon
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Kind, generous,pleasant, ect.
Merry; convivial "We had rescued Buzz when when he was 5 weeks old and he'd been a loving friend-a boon companion." |
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Fidgeted
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The state of being restless, nervous, or uneasy.
"Oogy never moved or fidgeted or tired to pull away." |
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Immediacy
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Direct pertinence or relevance to the present time, place,purpose,ect.
"It represented a lesson one rarely had to opportunity to illustrated with such immediacy: life going out one door and in another." |
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Indeliby
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That cannot be erased, blotted out, eliminated,ect. Permanent: lasting. Leaving an indelible mark
"Indelibly ink is permanent,once you get it in your skin it's there for ever." |
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Oxymoron
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A figure of speech in which opposite or contradictory ideas or terms are combined
"The dog was a visual oxymoron ." |
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Plush
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A fabric with a soft, thick, deep pile
"He was a plush toy come to life,as smooth as butter." |
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Wriggled
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To move to and fre with a twisting, writing motion; twist and turn; squirm
"The boys started laughing as Dan reached over and began to pet the dog, which wriggled over to him and lapped at his face." |