Dune Flashcards

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Noun. ​an area or a situation in which somebody has control or influence

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fief

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adj./noun. connected with the branch of medicine that deals with the diseases and care of old people

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geriatric

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Noun. a mixture or variety of different things

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melange

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Noun. Class system as created within the Dune universe of Frank Herbert’s series of books, Dune.

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faufreluches

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Adj. ​behaving in an angry or sulky way, especially because you cannot do or have what you want

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petulant

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noun. ​a set of things, such as a person’s thoughts or experiences, that is considered as a single system that is different from the individual thoughts, experiences, etc. within it

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gestalt

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Verb. ​(formal) to order or strongly advise somebody to do something; to say that a particular action or quality is necessary

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enjoin

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Noun. A geometric surface, all of whose plane sections are either ellipses or circles.

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ellipsoid

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Adj.

​(sometimes disapproving) willing to accept change; easy to influence or control

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pliant

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