LAWKI Flashcards

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Wax and wane

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To undergo increases and decreases

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Lunar

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of or pertaining to the moon: the lunar orbit.
measured by the moon’s revolutions: a lunar month.
resembling the moon; round or crescent-shaped.
of or pertaining to silver.

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Asteroid

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Also called minor planet. Astronomy . any of the thousands of small bodies of from 480 miles (775 km) to less than one mile (1.6 km) in diameter that revolve about the sun in orbits lying mostly between those of Mars and Jupiter.

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Comet

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a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun.

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Astronomy

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Study of space or the stars

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Hoax

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something intended to deceive or defraud: The Piltdown man was a scientific hoax.

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Meteor

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a meteoroid that has entered the earth’s atmosphere.
a transient fiery streak in the sky produced by a meteoroid passing through the earth’s atmosphere; a shooting star or bolide.

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Tidal wave

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Caused by earth quakes and other natural disasters,its a huge wave of water

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Benign

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having a kindly disposition; gracious: a benign king.

showing or expressive of gentleness or kindness: a benign smile.

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Catastrophic

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of the nature of a catastrophe, or disastrous event; calamitous: a catastrophic failure of the dam.

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