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Goiter, Circumspect, Swathe, Quixotic Flashcards

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finery in dress, especially when showy, gaudy, or the like.

empty display; ostentation.

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Frippery

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sharp to the taste; sour or acid:

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Tart

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a person of noble or high rank; aristocrat.

a person of very good background, education, and refinement.

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Patrician

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Adjective: of or relating to the general cost of running a business:
Noun: the general, fixed cost of running a business, as rent, lighting, and heating expenses,

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Overhead

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the violent seizure and carrying off of another’s property; plunder.

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Rapine

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gross injustice or wickedness.

a violation of right or duty; wicked act; sin.

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Iniquity

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tightly drawn; tense; not slack.
emotionally or mentally strained or tense:
in good order or condition; tidy; neat.

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Taut

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verb: to be peacefully calm and quiet:
noun: peace; tranquillity; calm.

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Repose

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extreme or excessive economy or frugality; stinginess; niggardliness

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Parsimony

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an excessively parsimonious, miserly, or stingy person.

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Niggard

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watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent:

well-considered:

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Circumspect

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12
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NL: Hars

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Resin

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lodging for a soldier, student, etc., as in a private home or nonmilitary public building.
Military. an official order, written or verbal, directing the person to whom it is addressed to provide such lodging.
a place assigned, as a bunk, berth, or the like, to a member of a ship’s crew.

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Billet

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14
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using few words; expressing much in few words; concise:

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Laconic

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extent or area in acres; acres collectively.

a plot of land amounting to approximately one acre:

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Acreage

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16
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a lamp capable of producing an extremely short, brilliant burst of light, for synchronization with a camera having a high shutter speed, in order to photograph a rapidly moving object, as a bullet, for such a short duration that it will appear to be standing still.

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Stroboscope / strobe light

17
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sleight of hand.
trickery; deception.
any artful trick.

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Legerdemain

18
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excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, especially about trivial matters.
wordy or diffuse:

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Garrulous

19
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a person appointed to rule a country or province as the deputy of the sovereign:

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Viceroy

20
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something that is put forward to conceal a true purpose or object; an ostensible reason; excuse:
the misleading appearance or behavior assumed with this intention:
His many lavish compliments were a [WORD] for subtle mockery.

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Pretext

21
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to pass through a porous substance; filter; ooze; seep; trickle.
to cause (a liquid) to pass through a porous body; filter.
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Percolate

22
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The remote or less developed parts of a country; back country:
the land lying behind a coastal region.

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Hinterland

23
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to wrap, bind, or swaddle with bands of some material; wrap up closely or fully.
to bandage.
to enfold or envelop, as wrappings do.

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Swathe

24
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an expanse or area of land, water, etc.; region; stretch.

a stretch or period of time; interval; lapse.

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Tract

25
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to fill or close seams or crevices of (a tank, window, etc.) in order to make watertight, airtight, etc.
to make (a vessel) watertight by filling the seams between the planks with oakum or other material driven snug.
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Caulk

26
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a granular mineral substance consisting typically of corundum mixed with magnetite or hematite, used powdered, crushed, or consolidated for grinding and polishing.
Gebruikt voor schuurpapier.

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Emery - voor schuurpapier gebruikt

27
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small ice pellets(balls) the size of peas. only in winter.

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Sleet

28
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Opening between the vocal cords

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Glottis

29
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extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical, or impracticable.
impulsive and often rashly unpredictable.

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Quixotic

30
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with merriment; merrily; joyfully; cheerfully.

with showiness; showily.

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Gaily

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