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Creative Writing Vocab
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1. Possessions evicted
vernacular
mediation
dispossessed
clairvoyant
2. Unexpected gain
vernacular
belated
windfall
dilapidated
3. To spread with liquid - color - or light
suffuse
presumptuous
inexplicable
fluke
4. Any covering or envelope as a seed or fruit
hull
inexplicable
hyperventilate
admonition
5. A condition or agonizing struggle
wry
sprawl
provincialize
throes
6. Strengthening or hardening
gambit
internalize
coalesce
annealing
7. Someone who doesnt want to spend money
torpor
radiant
skinflint
clairvoyant
8. Ragged - torn
tattered
ogle
haltingly
sacrilegious
9. Incapable of being explained
dilapidated
wrongheaded
forlorn
inexplicable
10. To blend together
prissy
radiant
pristine
coalesce
11. Conceited - overconfident - or proud
overweening
primordial
avert
provincialize
12. Waste matter - something of no value
coherent
dross
dispossessed
haltingly
13. To cause to become irritated or upset
querulous
jangle
fret
noncommittal
14. An opening move in which a player in a game seeks to obtain some advantage
windfall
inexplicable
reverberation
gambit
15. Full of complaints
utmost
modulation
pristine
querulous
16. Bitterly amusing
coherent
scrubby
inexplicable
wry
17. Enduring steadfast
abiding
titter
gambit
garish
18. To look at flirtatiously
overweening
ogle
uncannily
jangle
19. Oppressively hot
torrid
abiding
avocation
sequester
20. Tastelessly showy
vernacular
garish
ogle
lull
21. Unhappy or miserable
throes
sprawl
forlorn
noncommittal
22. To irritate - annoy - or provoke
uncannily
haltingly
nettle
provincialize
23. Betraying the use of intellect rather than intuition
utmost
cerebral
skinflint
jangle
24. Basic - undeveloped
laconic
frazzled
titter
embryonic
25. Grossly irreverent toward what is sacred
sequester
lull
throes
sacrilegious
26. Using few words
fluke
avocation
noncommittal
laconic
27. Shining bright
bulbous
radiant
underpinnings
gambit
28. To soothe or quiet
inexplicable
ogle
torpor
lull
29. A statement that seems self-contradictory but expresses a possible truth
hull
dross
annealing
paradox
30. Solitude or seclude
sequester
laconic
vernacular
flume
31. To examine in detail
laconic
radiant
taper
scrutinize
32. Coming after the expected time
belated
abiding
resuscitate
clairvoyant
33. Suited to the purpose or occasion
forlorn
underpinnings
noncommittal
apt
34. Of the greatest degree or quality
utmost
nettle
rendition
mediation
35. Sluggish inactivity or inertia
reverberation
rendition
torpor
titter
36. The persistence of sound after the source has stopped
mediation
presumptuous
reverberation
avert
37. To breathe abnormally fast and deep
dilapidated
taper
primordial
hyperventilate
38. A pleasure or hobby
hyperventilate
jangle
avocation
radiant
39. To make unsophisticated or unfashionable
noncommittal
titter
overweening
provincialize
40. To revive from death or unconsciousness
resuscitate
fluke
paradox
scrutinize
41. An attempt of a peaceful settlement through a third party
mediation
querulous
resuscitate
avaricious
42. To laugh nervously
dross
avocation
uncannily
titter
43. Not revealing what one thinks
presumptuous
noncommittal
suffuse
receptive
44. Regulating or toning down
sprawl
clairvoyant
modulation
tattered
45. Arrogantly assuming knowledge of what is or what is to come
presumptuous
windfall
embryonic
jangle
46. To become more slender toward one end
taper
hull
receptive
admonition
47. To take in and make personal ones attitudes or beliefs
inexplicable
flume
belated
internalize
48. A narrow gorge with a stream flowing through it
taper
flume
prissy
burnish
49. Prim or proper
throes
coalesce
prissy
torrid
50. Shabby - wretched
garish
avaricious
scrubby
bulbous
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