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2020 Sept Flashcards

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1
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Gaslight

A

To manipulate someone into questioning their own sanity

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2
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Naloxon

A

An opiate

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3
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Magisterial

A

Authoritative

Domineering

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4
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Verso

A

The back of a book

The left hand side of a book

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5
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Enoch

A

A Hebrew patriarch

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Acanthus

A

A herbaceous plant or shrub with thorns

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7
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Gables

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The part of a wall that encloses the end of a pitched roof

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Scion

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A descendant of a notable family

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Triturate

A

To grind to a fine powder

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10
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Alice in Wonderland Syndrome

A

Dysmetropsia

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11
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Strine

A

Australian English

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12
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Habeas Corpus

A

A writ requiring someone to be apprehended and subsequently brought into court

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Ground lease

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an agreement in which a tenant is permitted to develop a piece of property during the lease period, after which the land and all improvements are turned over to the property owner

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14
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Prorogue

A

To discontinue a parliamentary session without dissolving it

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Assiduous

A

Exhibiting great care and perseverance

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16
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Trigeminal nerve

A

Each of the five largest cranial nerves

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17
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Opprobrium

A

Vilification

Disgrace

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18
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Irascible

A

Irritable

19
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Paean

A

A song of praise

20
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Contabulate

A

To floor with boards

21
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Scantling

A

A timber beam of a small cross section

A set of standard dimensions for parts of a structure

22
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Boorish

A

Coarse

23
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Helicoid

A

An object of spiral or helical shape

24
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Trichromatic

A

Containing three colours

25
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Beadle

A

A ceremonial officer in a church or synagogue

26
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Logomachy

A

An argument about words

27
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Focaccia

A

A type of flat Italian bread

28
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Chambray

A

A cloth with a white weft and coloured warp

29
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Weft

A

Crosswise threads that are used to make cloth

30
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Accost

A

To approach boldly or aggressively

31
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Marginalia

A

Annotation

32
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Neurodivergent

A

Not neurotypical

33
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Ballast

A

Heavy material designed for stability

34
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Vagus nerve

A

Each of the tenth pair of cranial nerves

35
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Adjuvant

A

Applied after initial treatment for cancer

36
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Fain

A

Pleased or willing under the circumstances

Obliged

37
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Affront

A

To insult

38
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Skeng

A

A weapon of choice

39
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Cartomancy

A

Divination via decks of cards

40
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Skosh

A

A smidgen

41
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Berth

A

A bunk on a ship

42
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Prang

A

To crash

43
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Adynation

A

a figure of speech in the form of hyperbole taken to such extreme lengths as to insinuate a complete impossibility

Ex.

“I will sooner have a beard grow in the palm of my hand than he shall get one on his cheek.”

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