Speculative Fiction Vocabulary List

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with seriousness or solemn thought

• luminous
• husky
• gravely
• vague

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having a pleasant, friendly or agreeable manner; sociable.

• allusion
• deflecting
• gravely
• amiably

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a passing, casual reference to or mention of something else.

• allusion
• deflecting
• gravely
• amiably

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something that impedes, stops or prevents someone from acting or doing something; an object that causes difficulty, interruption or delay.

• hindrances
• compensation
• physiological
• deflecting

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referring to relatives who have come before; descending from or claimed from ancestors.

• amiably
• allusion
• entrancing
• ancestral

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a reward for service or to make up for loss, damage or injury.

• hospitable
• notion
• compensation
• talisman

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a disorder or physical ailment that causes obstacles to normal functioning.

• transmitter
• impediment
• perils
• salivate

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an urgent need of quick action; in a hurry; rush.

• haste
• hospitable
• radical
• unceasing

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to turn aside from the actual topic; to change subject in an attempt to avoid responsibility or blame.

• entrancing
• torrent
• deflecting
• unceasing

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bright, clear or radiating light.

• luminous
• ancestral
• amiably
• vague