Rocket Boys Final Flashcards by Michael k | Brainscape

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Machine that tips coal cars

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Tipple

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Device carrying inured person

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Litter

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One leg on each side

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Astride

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Inter, understudy

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Protege

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Platform for rockets

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Gantry

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To remove cut off

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Apt

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Moving sideways

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Sidled

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Fake

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Pseudo

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Boldly

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Emboldened

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Awesome

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Prodigious

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Join together using lead

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Soldering

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Evil

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Nefarious

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Wicked

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Vile

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Calm or soothe

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Mollified

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Hat

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Fedora

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Science of motion of flight

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Ballistic

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Harsh or stern

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Dour

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Dirt

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Loam

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Not staying long

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Transient

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Inevitable chaos

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Entropy

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Telescope

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Refractor

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Machine that copy’s

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Mimeograph

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Unmoved by joy or grief

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Stoic

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Manure

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Dung

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Hole

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Chasm

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Silicon containing material

A

Mica

Q

Roll

A

Trundled

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Cut short

A

Truncated

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Slender knife

A

Stiletto

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Toilet

A

Commode

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Infer

A

Deduced

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Snow boot

A

Galoshes

Q

Sights or views

A

Vista

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Take off

A

Doffed

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Speed

A

Velocity

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Lump or mass

A

Gob

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Obvious

A

Overt

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Shocked

A

Aghast

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Tempt

A

Entice

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Change

A

Delta

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Opening

A

Rent

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Familiar

A

Colloquial

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Express emotion

A

Emoting

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Small stream

A

Rivulets

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Unemotional

A

Stolid

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Dialect native to a region

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Vernacular

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Bandage twisted tight

A

Tourniquet

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Throat

A

Gullet

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To raid

A

Marauded

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Tower like structure

A

Derrick

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Parallel folds

A

Corrugated

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Outer skirt

A

Petticoats

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Secretly

A

Furtively

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To utter

A

Brayed

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Zig zag in a road

A

Switchbacks

Q

Sharpen

A

Honed

Q

Shocked

A

Flabbergasted

Q

Loud noise

A

Din

Q

Fake name

A

Pseudonym

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Agitated or annoyed

A

Vexed