vocab Flashcards by Claire Dube

the space between your eyebrows (eng)

giabella

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the smell after it rains (eng)

petrichor

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the metal or plastic coating at the end of your shoelaces (eng)

anglet

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when your stomach stomach rumbles (eng)

wamble

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the cry of a newborn baby (eng)

vagitus

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the prongs of the fork (eng)

tines

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the sheen of light when you close your eyes and press your hands to them (eng)

phosphenes

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the plastic on the middle of the pizza (eng)

box tent

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the day after tomorrow (eng)

overmorrow

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your little toe or little finger (eng)

minimus

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the wired cage that holds the cork on champagne (eng)

agraffe

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the nanana and lalala in the middle of the song (eng)

vocables

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combination of an exclamation and question mark (eng)

interrobang

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the space between your nostrils (eng)

columella nasi

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the arm holes in your clothes where the sleeve is sewn (eng)

armscye

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finding it difficult to get up from bed in the morning (eng)

dysania

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illegible handwriting (eng)

griffonage

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the dot over an i or j (eng)

tittle

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sick feeling after eating or drinking too much (eng)

crapulence

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the metal thing to measure your shoe size (eng)

bannock device

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become less in amount or intensity (eng)

abate

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related by blood (eng)

akin

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leaving something behind on purpose (fr)

abandonner

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to leave somewhere abruptly
(Eng)

Absquatulate

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a musical instrument consisting of a set of harsh-sounding steam whistles that are activated by a keyboard (eng)

Calliope

a trick or deception (eng)

flimflam

an extremely ignorant person (Eng)

Ignoramus

computer software that is free for a trial period during which the user is frequently reminded on screen to register and pay (eng)

nagware

all different kinds of life (eng)

biodiversity

living organisms rooted in the land (Eng)

plants

only meat diet (Eng)

carnivores

anything that lives (fr)

etres vivante

only herbs diet (eng)

herbivores

meat and herbs diet (eng)

omnivores

a small arthropod (Eng)

insects

any warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves (eng)

birds

biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment (eng)

ecosystem

a very large expanse of sea (eng)

ocean

a type of sea or land animal that has a soft body and is usually covered by a hard shell (fr)

mollusques

a fungal growth that typically takes the form of a domed cap on a stalk, with gills on the underside of the cap (fr)

champignons

a living thing that can move and eat and react to the world through its senses (fr) (Anything other than humans)

animaux

any of a phylum of invertebrate animals (as insects, arachnids, and crustaceans) having a segmented body, jointed limbs, and a shell of chitin that is shed periodically (fr)

arthropods

a synonym for hallway (Eng)

aisle

a resin from Commiphora wightii plants of India (Eng)

bdellium

a title used by Slavic monarchs (Eng)

czar

a certain type of spirit in Islam, similar to an angel (Eng)

djinn

a long river in western Asia (eng)

Euphrates

a hot southerly wind on the northern slopes of the Alps (eng)

fohn

used to describe something extreme (eng)

gnarly

short form of a synonym (irritate) (Eng)

a way to tell time (60 minutes) (Eng)

hour

green chili pepper (Eng)

jalapeño

a small worthless object (Eng)

knick-knack

a domesticated pack animal of the camel family (Eng)

llama

an infection that inflames your lungs' air sacs (Eng)

pneumonia

a device such as a pattern of letters, ideas, or associations that assists in remembering something (Eng)

mnemonic

a double-reed woodwind instrument similar to the oboe but larger and a fifth lower in pitch (Eng)

ngomo

a type of board game to contact demons/spirits (eng)

ouija board

a pterosaur of the late Jurassic period, with a long slender head and neck and a very short tail (eng)

pterodactyl

a mental health problem that causes people to perceive or interpret things differently from those around them (Eng)

psychosis

evergreen shrub

qat

german river

Saar

a natural disaster (big wave:3) (eng)

tsunami

a pot to place your dead ashes in :3 (eng)

urn

given to or characterized by gross excess in drinking or eating (Fr)

vraisemblance

a fold in the skin (eng)

wrinkly

a small short-winged songbird found chiefly (Eng)

wren

what or which person or people (Eng)

who

an ancient Chinese city (Chin?/eng)

Xian

a very nasty gas (Eng)

yperite

des taches de rousseur (FR)

freckles

des cheveux frisèe (FR)

curly hair

un teint mat (FR)

complexion dark

un teint clair (FR)

a clear complexion

sourcil (FR)

eyebrow

paupière (FR)

eyelid

mon front (FR)

forehead

mon menton (FR)

chin

ma lèvre (FR)

lip

abrasion (ENG)

the process of scraping or wearing something away.

Miffed (ENG)

Animosity (ENG)

Assiduous (ENG)

Arèna (FR)

homogeneous (ENG)

maillot des sports (FR)

sports shirt

Des gants (FR)

gloves

Un écharpe (FR)

scarf

Un bas (FR)

A stocking