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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Philanthropic

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Voluntarily helping the poor

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Aesthetic

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What one thinks is beautiful

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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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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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Gallant

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Brave, courageous

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Enzymes

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Molecules that speed up chemical reactions

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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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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

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Malleable

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Can be easily bent and shaped

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Ductile

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Conducts electricity

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Citation

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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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Atrophy

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

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Carburetor
a device for mixing vaporized fuel with air to produce a combustible or explosive mixture, A car part
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Elope
run away secretly in order to get married, especially without parental consent.
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Registration
The act of putting yourself on a list
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Electroshock
Having electricity delivered to the body
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Arbitrary
Having no logic or order, unpredictable
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Impunity
Exemption from punishment, ability to do whatever you want without consequences
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Hypothetical
Supposed, but not necessarily real or true
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Surreal
Bizarre
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Interrogate
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
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Nucleoplasm
the substance of a cell nucleus, especially that not forming part of a nucleolus.
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Treasury
Official place where money is kept.
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Secretary
Office assistant who handles day to day tasks like emails & answering phone Officer responsible for keeping records
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Immaculate
Perfectly clean & in order
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Implore
To beg
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Reluctantly
Hesitantly, not wanting to do it
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Rebuke
To tell someone they did something wrong
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Impeccable
Perfect, without flaw
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Coif
Elaborate curl in hair
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Putrid
Rotten foul extremely disgusting