brit lit 2
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- abyss
- An immeasurably deep chasm, depth, or void
- anathematized
- To proclaim an anathema on; curse
- ancestral
- Of, relating to, or evolved from an ancestor or ancestors
- animdversion
- A critical or censorious remark
- apoplectic
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Exhibiting symptoms associated with apoplexy. (stroke)
Extremely angry; furious: - arrogate
- To take or claim for oneself without right; appropriate
- bathos
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An abrupt, unintended transition in style from the exalted to the commonplace, producing a ludicrous effect.
An anticlimax. - belie
- To picture falsely; misrepresent
- brevity
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The quality or state of being brief in duration.
Concise expression; terseness - chastisement
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To punish, as by beating.
To criticize severely; rebuke. - chilblains
- An inflammation followed by itchy irritation on the hands, feet, or ears, resulting from exposure to moist cold.
- confabulate
- To talk casually; chat
- ecclesiastical
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Of or relating to a church, especially as an organized institution
heavenly - endure
- To carry on through, despite hardships; undergo
- epicure
- A person with refined taste, especially in food and wine
- eradicate
- To get rid of as if by tearing up by the roots
- halcyon
- A fabled bird, identified with the kingfisher, that was supposed to have had the power to calm the wind and the waves while it nested on the sea during the winter solstice
- implore
- To appeal to in supplication; beseech
- importune
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To beset with insistent or repeated requests; entreat pressingly.
To ask for urgently or repeatedly.
To annoy; vex. - inanition
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Exhaustion, as from lack of nourishment or vitality.
The condition or quality of being empty. - incursion
- An aggressive entrance into foreign territory; a raid or invasion
- interlocutor
- Someone who takes part in a conversation, often formally or officially
- laity
- All those persons who are not members of a given profession or other specialized field
- lament
- To express grief for or about; mourn, regret
- neophyte
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A recent convert to a belief; a proselyte.
A beginner or novice: - onus
- A difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity; a burden or obligation.
- pecuniary
- Of or relating to money
- perilous
- Full of or involving peril; dangerous
- piquant
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Pleasantly pungent or tart in taste; spicy.
Appealingly provocative
Charming, interesting, or attractive - poltroon
- A base coward
- primitive
- Characterized by simplicity or crudity; unsophisticated
- quiescence
- Being quiet, still, or at rest; inactive
- ravenous
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Extremely hungry; voracious.
Rapacious; predatory.
Greedy for gratification - reparation
- The act or process of repairing or the condition of being repaired
- scabbard
- A sheath, as for a dagger or sword
- secular
- Not bound by monastic restrictions, especially not belonging to a religious order
- sententious
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Terse and energetic in expression; pithy.
Abounding in aphorisms.
Given to aphoristic utterances. - soporific
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Inducing or tending to induce sleep.
Drowsy - sovereign
- One that exercises supreme, permanent authority, especially in a nation or other governmental unit
- spoony
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Enamored in a silly or sentimental way.
Feebly sentimental; gushy - submissive
- Inclined or willing to submit
- venerable
- Commanding respect by virtue of age, dignity, character, or position
- vengeful
- Desiring vengeance; vindictive
- vernacular
- The standard native language of a country or locality
- versify
- To change from prose into metrical form
- writhe
- To twist, as in pain, struggle, or embarrassment
- catastrophe
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A great, often sudden calamity.
A complete failure; a fiasco - fate
- The supposed force, principle, or power that predetermines events
- syntax
- The pattern of formation of sentences or phrases in a language