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Vocab 1-50
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Unrequited | not reciprocated or returned |
| Bizarre | odd |
| Benign | gentle or kind |
| Spurned | refused or rejected |
| Pined | to yern intensely for something unattainable |
| Divine | heavenly |
| Whimsical | subject to unpredictable change |
| Timbre | sound specific to an instrament |
| Waxing | increasing in intensity |
| Beguiling | leading by deception |
| Sovereign | person with supreme authority or political power |
| fell | deadly |
| Expounded | explained clearly |
| Mellifluous | smoothly flowing |
| Melancholy | a sad mood |
| surfeit | more than enough; excess |
| Aptly | appropriately |
| Sage | a very wise person |
| hyperbole | exaggeration |
| Pulchritudinous | beautiful |
| Superlative | better than all others |
| Beseeched | to request urgently |
| on tenterhooks | waiting in suspense |
| virtuous | good morals |
| woo | to gain someones love |
| Motley | diverse |
| Nubile | attractive |
| Disquieted | alarmed |
| Siblings | brothers and sisters |
| Ethereal | heavenly |
| Mollified | to soothe in temper |
| Animate | alive |
| Lugubriously | mournfully |
| Meritorious | deserving praise |
| Rejoined | returned |
| Demise | death |
| Abjured | rejected |
| Bereft | not having something you need or want |
| Sequestering | setting apart; segregating |
| Ingratiate | gain favor |
| Eunuch | a man who is celibate |
| Mute | silent |
| Belch | burp |
| Quaffing | drinking freely |
| Sot | drunkard |
| Vociferously | noisily |
| Egregious | very noticeable |
| Melodramatic | overly dramatic |