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2020 August Flashcards

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1
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Balaclava

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A form of headgear worn for skiing

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Lathe

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A machine designed to shape metal and wood

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Rapturous

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Ecstatic

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Rangy

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Long-legged

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Lope

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To stride

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Farce

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Slapstick comedy

Absurdity

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Germanium

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A chemical element (32) that’s used for transistors and semiconductors

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Bedlam

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Uproar

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Pergola

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An archway consisting of a plant-based framework

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Sinuous

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Having many curves and turns

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Fuselage

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Main body of an aircraft

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Lilt

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Cadence

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Mirth

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Merriment

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14
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Rapture

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Ecstasy

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15
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Paleobotany

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The study of fossil plants

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Hangar

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A large shed

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Salience

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Prominence

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Auteur

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A filmmaker who is also regarded as an author

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Phalanx

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A body of troops or officers moving in close formation

A bone of a finger or toe

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Vestige

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Remnant

Trace

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21
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Aureate

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Golden (in colour)

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Bungle

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Mishandle

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Epistemology

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The theory of knowledge

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Emeritus

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Having retired, but still able to retain the honour of the title

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Forsythia

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An ornamental Eurasian shrub

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Boon

A

A favour or blessing

27
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Subversion

A

Undermining power and authority

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Snafu

A

A confusing or chaotic state

A mess

29
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Fomite

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Objects or materials that are likely to carry infections (clothes, etc.)

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Bechamel

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A rich white sauce made with milk and herbs

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Quasar

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A massive and extremely remote celestial object

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Diurnal

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Active during the day

33
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Magniloquent

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Using high flown or bombastic language

34
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Requisition

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An official order laying claim to the use of property or materials

35
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Seigniorage

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Profit made by a government using currency

A thing claimed by a sovereign or feudal superior as a prerogative

36
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Syncopation

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The process of synthesizing various sounds into music

37
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Cachet

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Prestige

A distinguishing mark or seal

38
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Bocce

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An Italian game similar to lawn bowling

39
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Pontoon

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A flat bottomed boat

40
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Axon

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A long, threadlike part of a nerve cell

41
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Portent

A

Omen

Significance

42
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Dramaturgy

A

The study and practise of dramatic composition

43
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Susurrus

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Whispering, murmuring or rustling

44
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Centrifuge

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a machine with a rapidly rotating container that applies centrifugal force to its contents, typically to separate fluids of different densities or liquids from solids

45
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Tort

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a wrongful act or an infringement of a right

46
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Ideographic

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Of or relating to an ideogram

47
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Orrery

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A structural model of the solar system

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Acrological

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Relating to or based on initial letters or sounds

49
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Triptych

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A picture or relief carving on three panels used as an altarpiece

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Levity

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Light-heartedness

The treatment of a serious matter with humour or in a manner lacking due respect

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Dendrite

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A short branched extension of a nerve cell

52
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Pantheon

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A group of particularly respected, famous or important people

53
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Vitriol

A

Cruel and bitter criticism

Sulfuric acid

54
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Gristmill

A

A mill for grinding grain

55
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Bando

A

An abandoned house

A trap house

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