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Vocabulary practice — p3

Explain each word without looking it up. In section practice, also use it naturally in your own sentence.

1. yearning

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Explain its meaning in your own words.

2. melancholy

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Use it naturally in a sentence that reveals its meaning.

3. tenderness

Love & Relationships poetry: thematic vocabulary, not verbatim quotations

Give a close synonym and explain the meaning.

4. devotion

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Explain its meaning and a possible connotation in reading.

5. resentment

Love & Relationships poetry: thematic vocabulary, not verbatim quotations

Explain its meaning in your own words.

6. nostalgia

Love & Relationships poetry: thematic vocabulary, not verbatim quotations

Use it naturally in a sentence that reveals its meaning.

7. anguish

Love & Relationships poetry: thematic vocabulary, not verbatim quotations

Give a close synonym and explain the meaning.

8. longing

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Explain its meaning and a possible connotation in reading.

9. intimacy

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Explain its meaning in your own words.

10. reconciliation

Love & Relationships poetry: thematic vocabulary, not verbatim quotations

Use it naturally in a sentence that reveals its meaning.

11. affection

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Give a close synonym and explain the meaning.

12. separation

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Explain its meaning and a possible connotation in reading.

13. grief

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Explain its meaning in your own words.

14. adoration

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Use it naturally in a sentence that reveals its meaning.

15. absence

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Give a close synonym and explain the meaning.

16. alienation

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Explain its meaning and a possible connotation in reading.

17. regret

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Explain its meaning in your own words.

18. fidelity

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Use it naturally in a sentence that reveals its meaning.

19. estrangement

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Give a close synonym and explain the meaning.

20. bereavement

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Explain its meaning and a possible connotation in reading.