Word Wealth 2.3
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 evanescent | vanishing soon, fading quickly |
| ephemeral | lasting for a very short time |
| transient | fleeting, short-lived |
| subtle | delicate, artful, requiring acuteness |
| spontaneous | arising naturally from within, bubbling up |
| impunity | freedom from, or avoidance of, the loss or punishment one deserves |
| punitive | intended to punish, bringing punishment |
| prosaic | dull, monotonous, uninteresting |
| prodigious | enormous, marvelous, superhuman |
| mediocre | average, commonplace |
| asinine | like a jackass |
| simian | like a monkey, idiotic |
| equine | horselike |
| vulpine | foxlike, crafty |
| lupine | wolflike, rapacious |
| porcine | piglike |
| bovine | cowlike |
| canine | doglike |
| feline | catlike, sly, stealthy |
| facile | easily done, moving easily or quickly |
| adroit | skillful, clever |
| reprisal | act if retaliation, especially in war |
| commemorate | celebrate |
| memento | souvenir or reminder |
| memoirs | personal records of events |
| memorabilia | memorable incidents or moments |
| retrospect | looking backward |
| reminiscence | a calling to mind, recollection |
| propinquity | nearness in space, time, or blood relationships |
| approximation | a near or close estimate of the distance |
| approximate | a figure very near the actual cost |
| proximity | nearness |
| precision | exactness, accuracy |
| affluent | a wealthy person, especially one who spends money as freely as it is acquired |
| opulence | wealth, abundance |
| hallucination | an illusion wholly within a person's mind |
| mirage | an optical illusion caused by atmospheric conditions |
| delusion | a false idea |
| disillusionment | the loss of deceptive or unfounded beliefs about life or people |
| illusion | something not what it appears to be |
| hybrid | a cross between two varieties |
| mannequin | a life-sized likeness of the human body used by a tailor, a dress shop, or a department store |
| replica | a copy, especially of a work of art, made by the artist, or a model of a temple or other monument |
| photostatic | one form of facsimile |
| facsimile | an exact likeness or copy, usually of a document, object, or artifact |
| iconography | the study of these paintings and images |
| icon | an image, figure, or painting, especially one having religious significance |
| counterfeit | a false or deceptive likeness, especially of coins, paper money, or a work of art |
| counterpart | that which completes, balances, corresponds to, or closely resembles something |
| image | what you appear to be to others |
| effigy | image, likeness |
| viceroy | a deputy ruler who takes the place of the king in the area assigned to him |
| potentate | a ruler very conscious of his power |
| chieftain | the head man of a tribe or small nation |
| despot | a ruler with absolute power, a tyrant |
| affinity | attraction, kinship readiness to combine with |
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