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vicarious |
experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person. |
I've never been to Japan, but I live vicariously through the photos my brother posts on Instagram of his visit to Tokyo |
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prophesied |
Saying that (a specific thing) will happen in the future. |
The holy men were prophesying the coming of a new messiah. |
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abundance |
an excess of something |
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somber |
Dark or dull in color or tone; gloomy |
When he heard her cat had died, he looked at her with a somber expression |
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wrought |
Archaic past and past particle of work. |
The jewlery was finely wrought, wtih exquisite detail and craftsmanship |
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shoal |
an area of shallow water, especially as a navigational hazard. |
the ship ran aground on a rocky shoal just off the coast of Maine |
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acquisition |
An asset or object brought or obtained. |
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rapture |
A feeling of intense pleasure or joy. |
We listened with rapture as the orchestra played. |
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assurance |
a positive declaration intended to give confidence; a promise. |
He has the assurance of continued cosunpfidpeonrtcfero; ma phriosmbiosses.. |
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harmattan |
a very dry, dusty easterly or northeasterly wind on the West African coast, occurring from December to February. |
Some can not handle the harmattan winds that blow down from the sahara |
