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10 Cards in this Set
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Commencement "You'll rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you've regarded with such evil foreboding" (Loc 26). |
A beginning or start |
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Hitherto "Her health, & even the tranquility of her hitherto constant spirit, had been shaken by what she had gone through" (Loc 274). |
Previously |
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Ardour "I might have become sullen in my study, rought through the ardour of my nature, but that she was there to subdue me to a semblance of her own gentleness" (Loc 335). |
Enthusiasm |
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Gale "The southern gales breathe a degree of renovating warmth which I hadn't expected" (Loc 129). |
Very strong wind |
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Dismal "Morning, dismal & wet, at length dawned & discovered to my sleepless & aching eyes the church of Ingolstadt" (Loc 625). |
Depressing |
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Vacillate "The poor woman was very vacillating in her repentance" (Loc 729). |
To be indescisive |
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Dilatoriness "Although the spring was uncommonly late, when it came its beauty compensated for its dilatoriness" (Loc 781). |
Tardiness |
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Salubrious "My health & spirits gained additional strength from the salubrious air I breathed" (Loc 781). |
Healthy |
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Sod "A sod covers his gentle form, & he knows no pain" (Loc 831). |
Surface of the ground |
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Ephemeral "I suddenly left my home and sought such scenes to forget myself & my ephemeral" (Loc 1113). |
Momentary |
