LAWKI Flashcards

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Wax & 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

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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 to less than one mile in diameter.

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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.

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Astronomy

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the science that deals with the material universe beyond the earth’s atmosphere.

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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 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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A large, destructive ocean wave, produced by a seaquake, hurricane, or strong wind. Compare tsunami.

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Benign

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having a kindly disposition; gracious: a benign king

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Catastrophe

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Nature of disastrous event

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