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Vicissitude N Change Fortune Humbled Life's Emperor China

Vicissitude refers to a change of fortune.

Vicissitud se refiere a un cambio de fortuna.

Word vicissitude
Part of Speech N.
Definition change of fortune.
Sentence Humbled by life's vicissitudes, the last emperor of China worked as a lowly gardener in the palace over which he had once ruled.

Tags: psat

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