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2020 June Flashcards

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1
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Quark

A

A subatomic particle carrying a fractional electric charge

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Frangile

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Fragile; brittle

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Pithy

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Succinct

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Exclave

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A portion of territory completely surrounded by other countries or regions

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Linchpin

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A vital person or thing to an organization

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interstice

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A space

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Axiomatic

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Unquestionable

Self-evident

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credenza

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Sideboard

Cupboard

Belief

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Scantling

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A set of standard dimensions

A piece of lumber

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Placate

A

Pacify

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Innocuous

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Neither harmful nor offensive

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12
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Aspersion

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Spraying

Sprinkling of holy water

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Wangle

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To manage to obtain by persuading or cleverly manipulating someone

To contrive

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Foil

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To thwart

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Inoculate

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To treat with a vaccine

To immunize

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16
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Orthogonal

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Of or involving right angles

Statistically independent

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Draconian

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Harsh

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Ambrosia

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Nectar

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Occlusion

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Blockage

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20
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Chronophotography

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An antique photographic technique from the Victorian era

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Antipode

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The direct opposite of something else

22
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Hypnagogic

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Referring to the state immediately before falling asleep

23
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Incursion

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Sudden or brief attack/ invasion

24
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Undergird

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To secure or fasten from the underside, especially by a rope or chain

To provide support or a firm basis for

25
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Potation

A

A beverage

A drink

26
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Legerity

A

Physical or mental quickness
Nimbleness
Agility

27
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Panoply

A

Array

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Otolaryngology

A

Study of diseases of the ear and throat

29
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Tentative

A

Provisional

Hesitant

30
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Cadastre

A

Land register

Land registry

31
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Regale

A

To supply lavishly

To entertain

32
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Portage

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Of or relating to nautical travel

33
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Illusory

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Based on an illusion; not real

34
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Swain

A

A young lover or suitor

A country youth

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Unwonted

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Unaccustomed

Unusual

36
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Supercilious

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Arrogant

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Atoll

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A ring-shaped reef, island, or chain of islands formed of coral

38
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Dismissive

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Feeling or showing that something is unworthy of consideration

Contemptuous

39
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Coprophile

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A feces-loving organism

A person whose sexuoeroticism hinges on fantasies and/ or sexual acts involving feces

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Somniloquy

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Sleep talking

41
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Abattoir

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Slaughterhouse

42
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Inveigle

A

To persuade via deception or flattery

43
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Salient

A

Most noticeable or important

44
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Palindrome

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A word, phrase or sequence that reads the same backward as forward

(Madam / nurses run)

45
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Abstemious

A

Not self-indulgent

46
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Diatribe

A

A forceful and bitter verbal attack

47
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Jape

A

A practical joke

48
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Valediction

A

The act of saying farewell

49
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Inscrutable

A

Impossible to understand or interpret

50
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Telemetry

A

The process of recording and transmitting the readings of an instrument

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