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Ethan Frome vocabulary all of the words from the book

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Conspicuous   Easily seen.  
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Oracle   Agency of divine communication.  
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Melancholy   Gloomy  
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Exanimate   Lifeless  
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Deciduous   Not permanent  
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Mein   Demeanor  
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Sardonic   Mocking  
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Beleaguered   To surround with trouble.  
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Innocuous   Harmless  
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Anecdote   A short account.  
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Querulously   Full of complaints.  
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Capitulate   To give up.  
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Insurmountable   Not able to be overcome.  
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Poignant   Strong  
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Sentient   Conscious  
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Spume   Foam  
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Obscurity   Unknown  
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Tactiturn   Inclined to silence.  
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Chafed   To irritate.  
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Colloquial   Informal language/ conversation.  
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Reticent   Reluctant  
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Allusion   Reference  
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Assent   To agree.  
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Undulations   A wavelike motion.  
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Peristyle   An open space, surrounded by a colonnade.  
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Furrows   A depression in the face or to make a wrinkle in the face.  
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Tenuous   Thin or slender in form.  
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Declivity   A downward slope.  
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Impudent   Shameless or brazenly immodest.  
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Effrontery   Barefaced audacity.  
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Demurred   Shy or modest.  
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Fatuity   Complacent stupidity.  
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Oblique   Not straight or direct.  
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Intangible   Not definite or clear to the mind.  
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Efface   To wipe out or do away with.  
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Obstinate   Stubborn; not easily controlled.  
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Incisive   Remarkably clear and direct.  
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Aprrehension   Anticipation of misfortune.  
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Discern   To detect.  
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Loutish   ill-mannered, graceless.  
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Cutter   Light sleigh.  
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Incredulous   Skeptical  
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Irresolutely   Unsurely  
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Pantomime   Acting without speaking/ gestures.  
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Elude   Escape  
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Disdainfully   Proudly or arrogantly.  
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Misgivings   Feelings of doubt or despair.  
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Faltered   Stammered  
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Indignation   Anger stirred up by unjust.  
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Larches   Pine trees.  
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Suffused   Spread over or through.  
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Quavered   Shook or trembled.  
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Prolonged   Expansion of scope.  
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Tremulous   Affected by timidity.  
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Repugnant   Disgusting  
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Scintillating   Sparkling or dazzling.  
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Draughts   Cold gust of wind.  
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Indentured   Contracted one person to work for another.  
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Barren   Nothing, empty.  
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Imperceptible   Unable to be sensed.  
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Tangible   Real, able to be felt.  
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Merino   Soft wool  
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Sedentary   Idle  
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Thrice   3 times.  
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Valise   A suitcase.  
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Laden   Loaded  
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Preclude   To rule out.  
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Plaintively   Sadly  
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Sorrel   A reddish, brown animal.  
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Flux   Continuous change or flow.  
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Pretext   An act to hide one’s real intentions.  
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Imprudence   Lacking discretion or judgement.  
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Unfounded   Not based on fact.  
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Inarticulate   Lacking the ability to express yourself.  
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Marrow   The inmost or essential part.  
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Cessation   A temporary or complete stopping.  
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Convivial   Friendly  
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Volubility   Fluent or talkative.  
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Pathological   Morbid, caused by disease.  
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Inevitable   Unavoidable  
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Forebodings   Bad predictions, omens.  
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Feigned   Pretended  
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Scrupulous   Meticulously  
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Opulence   Wealth  
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Genial   Gracious  
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Cupulo   Vaulted ceiling.  
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Roan   Reddish colored horse.  
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Discomfiture   Embarrassment.  
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Epitaph   Inscription on a tombstone.  
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Unbidden   Uninvited  
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Contagion   The spreading of an attitude.  
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Insatiable   Impossible to satisfy.  
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Implored   Begged  
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Disconsolate   Gloomily  
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Subdued   Hushed, quieted.  
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Indolent   Lazy  
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Gaunt   Extremely thin.  
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Countenance   An appearance or expression.  
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Wainscot   A paneling for walls.  
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Languid   Lazily, slowly.  
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Stoicism   An indifference to pleasure and pain.  
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Ominous   Having a menacing or frightening aspect.  
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Loth   Reluctant  
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Squalid   Dirty and degraded.  
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Ministrations   Attention  
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Perfunctory   Routinely, automatically.  
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Ponderous   Heavy and slow-moving.  
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Heedless   Unaware; oblivious.  
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Aver   To prove.  
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Deigned   Lowered to a level considered inappropriate to maintaining one's dignity.  
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Mused   Considered thoughtfully.  
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Derision   Ridicule; scorn.  
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Consecrated   Dedicated to a specific purpose; devoted.  
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Felicitous   Pleasant, delightful.  
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Succumb   To yield to an overpowering force.  
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Resolute   Bold and steady.  
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Foist   To impose (force) a burden on someone.  
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Recrimination   A counter accusation; returning one accusation with another.  
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Checked   Stopped  
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Inexorable   Unchanging  
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Vehemence   Intensity  
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Peril   A source of possible harm; danger, risk.  
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Antipathy   Dislike  
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Abhor   To hate strongly; to loathe.  
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Smote   Attacked sharply.  
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Compunction   Anxiety from guilt.  
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Wrath   Anger  
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Ingratiatingly   Pleasantly, agreeably.  
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Regaled   Entertained, amused.  
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Affibility   Pleasantness.  
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Desolately   Joyless, sadly.  
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Emitted   Uttered, voiced, expressed.  
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Evocation   The act of calling forth, evoking.  
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Injuction   A command, direction.  
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Huckabuck   A coarse fabric.  
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Ebullition   A sudden outburst.  
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Benevolence   Good will or deeds.  
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Lumbago   A severe backache.  
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Oxydized   Rusted; decayed.  
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Curtly   Using a short and rude tone.  
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Mottlings   Clumps; blotches.  
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Boles   Trunks of trees.  
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Facetious   Funny, humorous.  
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Uncouth   Plain; not fancy; common.  
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Adjured   Pleaded  
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Discursively   Off the subject.  
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Feint   A pretension; ploy.  
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Contemptulously   Boldly  
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Audacity   Boldness, arrogance.  
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Exultantly   Joyfully, happily, jubilantly.  
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Avowal   A declaration.  
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Heeded   Obeyed.  
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Cowered   Crouched, cringed, recoiled.  
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Drone   A continuous monotonous sound.  
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Slatternly   Drab and dirty.  
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Swarthy   Dark  
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Austere   Somber and grave.  
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