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First week - 14/5 - 18/5 Flashcards

1
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Disorder or chaos

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Havoc

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2
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Something enormous in size or power

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Behemoth

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3
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The head servant in a household who is usually in charge of food service, the care of silverware, and the deportment of other servants

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Butler

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4
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One of the flat polished surfaces cut on a gemstone or occurring naturally on a crystal

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Facet

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5
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A mammal similar to a rabbit but having longer ears and legs and giving birth to active, furred young

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Hare

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6
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Easily influenced or affected

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Susceptible

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7
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To cause or stop

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Halt

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8
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A person who keeps bees for their honey; apiarist

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Beekeeper

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9
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One who hunts or fishes illegally on the property of another

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Poacher

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10
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A brief or cursory look

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Glimpse

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11
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An adult male chicken

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Rooster

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12
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A tumultuous crowd; a mob

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Rabble

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13
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Easily sickened or nauseated, as by the sight of blood

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Squeamish

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14
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Any of numerous small or minute arachnids of the order of Acarina, including species that damage crops or stored food and species that are parasitic on animals and often transmit disease

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Mile

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15
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To connect or link in a series or chain

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Concatenate

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16
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A primitive egg-laying mammal, the female of which has no teats but provide milks directly through the skin to their young

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Monotreme

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17
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A herbicide

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Weedkiller

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18
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To inhabit or overrun in numbers or quantities large enough to be harmful, threatening, or obnoxious

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Infest

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19
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A chemical used to kill unwanted animals or plants

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Pesticide

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20
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A small room adjoining a kitchen, in which dishwashing and other kitchen chores are done

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Scullery

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21
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Proud; delighted (UK/IRL)

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Chuffed

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22
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To make a grating or squeaking sound

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Creak

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23
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To give a name to facetiously or playfully; nickname

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Dub

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24
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A large amount or number; a lot

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Slew

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25
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A minor battle in war, as one between small forcers of between large forces avoiding direct conflict

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Skirmish

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26
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A flat and usually level area of mown and cultivated grass

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Infest

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27
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A field on which soccer is played

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Pitch

28
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A thicket of small trees or shrubs; a coppice

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Copse

29
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To make the sound of a horn or whistle blown in short blasts or sound resembling it

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Toot

30
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A matter remaining after something has been removed

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Residue

31
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The paved area in front of and around airport hangars and terminal buildings

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Apron

32
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A shelter especially for housing or repairing aircraft

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Hangar

33
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A bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with perforations for draining off liquids and rising food

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Collander

34
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Behind the times; out of fashion

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Old hat

35
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A silly, rather unintelligent person

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Airhead

36
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A leader of speaker who stirs up the passions of the masses; a demagogue (with hyphen)

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Rabble-rouser

37
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A person employed to take care of wildlife and to prevent poaching, as on an estate

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Gamekeeper

38
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To perfect or make more intense or effective

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Hone

39
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To cut something by repeated blows, as of an axe

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Hew

40
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A wind blowing in the same direction as that of the course of an aircraft, ship, or other vehicle

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Tailwind

41
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An implement consisting of a long, curved, single-edged blade with a long handle, used for mowing or reaping

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Scythe

42
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A straight line about which a body or geometric object rotates or may be conceived to rotate

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Axis

43
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To question the truth or validity of; doubt

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Dispute

44
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A cloth used to wrap a body for burial; a winding sheet

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Shroud

45
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Constituting a very large, indefinite number; innumerable

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Myriad

46
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A thin oblong piece of material, such as wood or slate, that is laid in overlapping rows to cover the roof or sides of house or other building

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Shingle

47
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Not pleasant or agreeable

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Unpalatable

48
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Having many aspects or phases

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Multifaceted

49
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A strip of level, usually paved ground on which aircraft take off and land

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Runway

50
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A small stream, often a shallow or intermittent tributary or river

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Creek

51
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A small room or closet, usually off a kitchen, where food, tableware, linens and similar itens are store

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Pantry

52
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An overflowing store; an abundance

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Cornucopia

53
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A brief, incomplete view or look

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Glimpse

54
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Any huge or powerful thing

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Leaviathan

55
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A substance used to destroy or inhibit the growth of plants, especially weeds

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Herbicide

56
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A nocturnal burrowing egg-laying mamma, having a spiny coat, a slender snout, and an extensible sticky tongue used for catching insects

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Echidna

57
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Conspicuously bad or offensive

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Egregious

58
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A semiaquatic egg-laying mammal, having a broad flat tail, webbed feet, a snout resembling a duck’s bill, and in the male, venomous spurs on the hind legs

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Platypus

59
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Kindling

To kindle

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To start a fire

60
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Thee

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Objective pronoun “you”

61
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Behold

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Look at; see; to observe

62
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“My yoke is easy and my burden light”

Yoke

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A device for joining together a pair of draft animals, especially oxen, usually consisting of a crosspiece with two bow-shaped pieces, each enclosing the head of an animal.

63
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To yearn

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To have this intense feeling of loss or lack and longing for something

“We yearned for the future.”

64
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Upholstery

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The materials used to cushion and cover furniture.

65
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Smudgy

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Marked with smudges; dark marks

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