601 Lesson 9 Flashcards
Time on Our Hands
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anon
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soon; shortly
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anachronism
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anything that is out of place in time
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antebellum
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before the war; especially before the American Civil War
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antediluvian
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old-fashioned, before the flood
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atavism
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reversion to a primitive type; resemblance to a remote ancestor
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augury
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the art of prophecy; an omen
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biennial
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happening every two years
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chronology
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arrangement of events in time; determination of dates
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diurnal
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daily; of the daytime
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eon
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long; indefinate period of time; thosands of years
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ephemeral
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short-lived; transitory
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epoch
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noteworthy period
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generation
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the period of time between the birth of one group and that of its offspring
—30 years
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score
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20 people or objects; 20 years
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tercentenary
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a period of 300 years
