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Define
Transference
Ascetic
Flimflam
Bullyrag
Calumniate

A

Projection of past feelings or desires into the present characterized by severe self discipline and abstention from indulgence
nonsense or insincere talk
Treat in a scolding or intimidating way
Make defamatory statements about

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hess law

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At constant temperature, heat change or enthalpy of a reaction is the same regardless of the sequence of steps

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3
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What englisc dialects diverge in the Middle English period

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West saxon and kentish

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4
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Singlet vs triplet carbene

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Singlets have two electrons with opposite spins and triplets have two electrons with parallel spins

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5
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Language of:
Niger
Belize
Bosnia and herzegovina
Botswana
Cabo verde
Cameroon
Cambodia
Cornwall
DRC

A

French
English
Bosnian
English
Portugese
French and english
Khmer
Cornish
French

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6
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Hello in polish
Hello in romanian
Hello in Icelandic

A

Witam
Buna ziua
Halló

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What is sonorizing lenition
What is assibilation
Why do velars assimilate easily

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Lenition that increases the sonorance of a phoneme
Turning a sound into a sibilant
Movements of the dorsum are unprecise

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Define:
Deiquescent
Expurgate
Obdurate
Omnishambles
Achiral

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liquidifying or tending to liquidify
Remove objectionable or unsutable matter
Refusing to chance one’s opinion
Disorder caused by a poor decision
An isomer that cant be an Enantiomer

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9
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Define
Fronted vs retracted
Centum vs satem
centumization
Centralized vs midcentralized vowel

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Fronted is Pronounced further forward in the vocal tract than normal and retracted is further back
The centum are the western branches of the indo European branches and the satem branches are the eastern
The sound charge that turned the palatovelars into plain velars in centum languages
Centralized is pronounced toward the center and midcentralized is not

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10
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Remove

A

Slippery
Aqueous and very
Hydrogen plus nonmetal
CO2, salt and water
Ammonia, salt and water

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Phyla of archaea

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Anaerobic methanogens, Halophiles and thermoacidophiles

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12
Q

Asexual reproduction is common in these, but rare in these
Do plants and fungi reproduce sexually or asexually

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Prokaryotes, vertebrates
Both

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13
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What marked the beginning of the viking age in England
When did the vikings invade england, when did they take york, where was york what kingdom
What was the danelaw
When did the great heathen army kill king edmund

A

The attack on the lindisfarne monastery in 793
885, 886, northumbria
Viking controlled areas of old england
869

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14
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Remove

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Cocci, bacilli and spirochetes
If it turns Purple in a gram stain

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German
He relaxes his teeth
He cleans the TV

A

Er entspannt die zähne
Er putzt den fernseher

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