Deck 14 & 15 Flashcards by Sara Carr | Brainscape

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Beget

-Forget

A

To give birth to or create.

-Verb

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Artisan

-Are In Sand

A

Worker skilled in a craft.

Noun

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Connoisseur

-King of the sewer

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An expert in matters of art and taste.

Noun

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Debacle

The Buckle

A

Collapse or Failure.

-Noun

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Dissolution

Solution

A

The Breaking Up Into Parts.

-Noun

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Dromedary

Roaming Dairy

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A One-humped domesticated camel.

-Noun

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Enrapture

Capture

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To be delighted or happy.

-Verb

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Exhume

Tome

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To dig up from the grave.

-Verb

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Fester

Uncle Fester

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To generate pus.

-Verb

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Harangue

Meringue

A

To lecture.

-Verb

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Insouciant

South Sea Ant

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Calm and care free.

-Adjective

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Marshal

Marshal

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To gather.

-Verb

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Asunder

Thunder

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In separate parts.

-Adjective

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Atrophy

Trophy

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To wither away.

-Verb

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Chattel

Cattle

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An item of personal movable property or slave.

-Noun

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Coterie

Coat for three

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A circle of close associates or friends.

-Noun

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Demagogue

Them dogs

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A leader who uses fear to control somebody.

-Noun

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Desiccate

This dry cake

A

To dry out completely.

-Vern

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Entomology

Apology

A

The scientific study of insects.

-Noun

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Fawn

Fawn

A

To show affection.

-Verb

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Fjord

Ford

A

An inlet from the ocean.

-Noun

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Gossamer

Customer

A

Delicate floating cobwebs.

-Noun

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Lexicon

Mexican

A

Vocabulary terms used in or of a particular profession, subject or style.
-Noun

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Menagerie

Lingerie

A

A collection of live wild animals on exhibit.

-Noun