Sydney Calvin Vocab Flashcards

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Halcyon

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Calm, peaceful

Mythical bird that can calm the sea

A type of Kingfisher

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Appendages

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Arms, legs tentacles

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3
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Philanthropic

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Voluntarily helping the poor

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4
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Aesthetic

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What one thinks is beautiful

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5
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Denominational

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Of a certain branch of the Christian church. Of A type of Christianity

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6
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Quandary

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Problem

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Solitude

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Being alone.

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Curbside

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Located by the curb, like where we put our trash cans

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Incinerate

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To burn completely

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10
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Gallant

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Brave, courageous

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11
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Enzymes

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Molecules that speed up chemical reactions

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12
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Archeologists

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One who studies prehistoric people and their culture

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Peripatetic

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Nomadic, moving from place to place, never stays in one place for too long.

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Instantaneous

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Happening in an instant, very quick,

an instant is a second

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Enthralling

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So interesting it grabs all your attention

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Perpetuity

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Forever, continuing and not ending

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17
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Hygienic

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Having to do with hygiene,

Keeping yourself clean, taking care of your body

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Theatrics

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A dramatic display

N. The act of behaving very dramatically and trying to get attention

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Cerebral

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Pertaining to the cerebrum

Requiring a lot of thought

20
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Malleable

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Can be easily bent and shaped

21
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Ductile

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Conducts electricity

22
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Citation

A

a quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author, especially in a scholarly work.

A piece of paper stating you have to go to court for breaking a law

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Inquisitive

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Curious

24
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Atrophy

A

Wasting away of the body or a part of the body. Said living things

25
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Carburetor

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a device for mixing vaporized fuel with air to produce a combustible or explosive mixture,

A car part

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Elope

A

run away secretly in order to get married, especially without parental consent.

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Registration

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The act of putting yourself on a list

28
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Electroshock

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Having electricity delivered to the body

29
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Arbitrary

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Having no logic or order, unpredictable

30
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Impunity

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Exemption from punishment, ability to do whatever you want without consequences

31
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Hypothetical

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Supposed, but not necessarily real or true

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Surreal

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Bizarre

33
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Interrogate

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To ask questions aggressively, formally, forcefully.

Like questioning someone suspected of a crime or when the bad guy captures the hero and ties him up

34
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Nucleoplasm

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the substance of a cell nucleus, especially that not forming part of a nucleolus.

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Treasury

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Official place where money is kept.

36
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Secretary

A

Office assistant who handles day to day tasks like emails & answering phone

Officer responsible for keeping records

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Immaculate

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Perfectly clean & in order

38
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Implore

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To beg

39
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Reluctantly

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Hesitantly, not wanting to do it

40
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Rebuke

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To tell someone they did something wrong

41
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Impeccable

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Perfect, without flaw

42
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Coif

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Elaborate curl in hair

43
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Putrid

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Rotten foul extremely disgusting