| Term | Definition |
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acrid |
bitter, harsh |
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arid |
dry, lacking water |
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aesthetic |
having to do with artistic beauty |
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ascetic |
a person who refrains from indulging in earthly pleasures |
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atheistic |
without belief in any god |
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ambiguous |
hard to understand; unclear; open to more than one intrepretation |
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ambivalent |
having conflicting feelings or opinions about something; unsure |
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coalesce |
to have different opinions join together |
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convalesce |
to recover from an illness |
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delusion |
a flasr opinion or belief |
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allusion |
an indirect reference, often to a character or theme found in some work of literature |
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illusion |
something unreal that gives the apearance of being real; a misconception |