The Gift of the Magi Vocabulary

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Intoxicating

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Causing a strong feeling of excitement or happiness; often used to describe a scent that is very pleasant.

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Ransacking

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Searching through something in a way that causes disorder or damage; often used to describe a thorough search.

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Sentimental

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Having strong feelings of nostalgia or affection, often for something that has personal value.

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Adorned

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Decorated or embellished; often used to describe how something is enhanced with beauty.

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Covet

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To have a strong desire for something that belongs to someone else; to yearn to possess.

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Assertion

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A confident and forceful statement of fact or belief.

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Appertaining

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Relating to or concerning something; relevant.

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Ravaging

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Causing severe and extensive damage; often used to describe destruction.

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Illumination

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The act of lighting something up; can also refer to the clarification of a concept.

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Singe

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To burn something lightly or superficially.