F451 Vocab Flashcards by Jessie Y | Brainscape

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Phoenix

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Mythical bird

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Marionette

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Puppet manipulated by strings

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Pulverized

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To reduce to dust or powder

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Stratum

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Layer of material, often one of a number of parallel layers one upon another

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Contrasedative

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Against something tending to calm or soothe

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Olfactory

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Pertaining to the sense of smell

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Proboscis

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Protruding mouth part

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Morphine

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Sedative

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Procaine

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Spinal anesthetic

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Ballistics

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Science of projectiles

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Trajectory

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Curve described by a projectile in flight

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Proclivities

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Natural inclinations or tendencies

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Odious

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Deserving hatred or highly offensive

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Centrifuge

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Device rotates at high speeds and separates substances

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Cacophony

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Harsh discordance of sound

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Luminescent

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Emission of light

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Feigning

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Faking or imitating deceptively

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Pratfall

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Humiliating blunder or defeat

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Intellectual

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Possessing mental capacity

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Theremin

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Musical instrument with electronic tone generation

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Cadence

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Rhythm

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Suffused

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Saturated

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Retaliate

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Strike back

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Intuitively

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Knowing without reason

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Insidious

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Cunning

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Welter

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Movement

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Contemptible

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Vile and despicable

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Subaudible

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Barely able to be heard

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Ruinous

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Causing destruction

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Quavered

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Spoke with a trembling voice

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Manifested

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Revealed

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Parried

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Returned a defense (often verbal)

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Rebut

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Disprove

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Beatific

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Happy and peaceful

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Perfunctory

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Mechanical

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Phosphorescent

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Glowing

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Incomprehensible

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Impossible to understand

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Liquefaction

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Process of becoming a liquid

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Fugitive

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A person fleeing from pursuit

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Quarry

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Prey

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Phantom

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Apparition or ghost

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Limned

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Painted or drawn

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Grotesque

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Ugly

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Juggernaut

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Massive destructive force or object

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Pedants

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People who make a display of scholarly learning

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Status quo

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Unchanging state, way things are supposed to be

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Incessantly

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Unending, unceasing