Vocab Words 2

Front 1

sybarite

Back 1

noun.
1. a person devoted to luxury and pleasure
2. an inhabitant of Sybaris

Front 2

susurration

Back 2

noun.
1. a soft murmur; whisper

Front 3

provender

Back 3

noun
1. dry food, as hay or oats, for livestock or other domestic animals; fodder
2. food; provisions

Front 4

graphite

Back 4

noun
1. a very common mineral, soft native carbon, occurring in black to dark-gray foliated masses, with metallic luster and greasy feel: used for pencil leads, as a lubricant, and for making crucibles and other refractories; plumbago; black lead

Front 5

wan

Back 5

adjective
1. of an unnatural or sickly pallor; pallid; lacking color: "His wan face suddenly flushed."
2. showing or suggesting ill health, fatigue, unhappiness, etc: "a wan look; a wan smile."
3. lacking in forcefulness, competence, or effectiveness: their wan attempts to organize the alumni
4. (archaic) a. dark or gloomy
b. pale in color or hue

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miasma

Back 6

noun
1. noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere
2. a dangerous, foreboding, or deathlike influence or atmosphere

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jeremiad

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noun
1. a prolonged lamentation or mournful complaint

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tawny

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adjective
1. of a dark yellowish or dull yellowish brown color

noun
2. a shade of brown tinged with yellow; dull yellowish brown

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repair

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verb
1. to betake onceself; go, as to a place: "He repaired in haste to Washington
2. to go frequently or customarily

noun
3. a resort or haunt
4. the act of going or going customarily; resort: "to have repair to the country."

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recherche

Back 10

(ruh-shair-shey)
adjective
1. sought out with care
2. very rare, exotic or choice; arcane; obscure
3. of studied refinement or elegance; precious; affected; pretentious