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LOTF Chapters 1-3
Term | Definition |
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Efflorescence | Growth, flowering; dry up, fade, shrivel |
Enmity | state or feeling of being actively opposed to someone, bitterness; friendliness |
Decorous | in keeping with good taste and propriety, befitting; improper |
Chorister | a singer or leader of a choir, singer; instrumentalist |
Bastion | projecting part of a fort, defense; weakness |
Hiatus | pause or gap, opening; continuity |
Ebullience | quality of being cheerful, excitement; disinterest |
Recrimination | refreshment of strength after toil, attribution; praise |
Tumult | violent uproar, agitation; indictment |
Tirade | long angry speech of criticism, dispute; peace |
Oppressive | weighing heavily on mind/spirit, unjust; gentle |
Inscrutable | unable to be analyzed, difficult; clear |
Vicissitude | a bad change in fortune, alteration; stability |
Declivities | downward slope, decline; rise |
Tacit | understood without being stated, implied; express |