Vocab 14&15 Flashcards

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Beget

Forget

A

To create.

-Verb

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Artisan

Art in the sand

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A workers skilled in the craft.

-Noun

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Connoisseur

King of the sewer

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An expert particularly in matters of art and taste.

-Noun

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Dromedary

Roaming dairy

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One humped domesticated camel.

-Noun

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Debacle

The buckle

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A catastrophe.

-Noun

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Dissolution

Solution

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Breaking up into parts.

-Noun

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Fester

Uncle fester

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To generate puss.

-Verb

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Exhume

tombs

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To dig up from a grace.

-Verb

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Enrapture

Capture

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Delighted, or thrilled.

-Adjective

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Harangue

Meringue

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To lecture.

-Verb

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Insouciant

South sea ain’t

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Calm and carefree.

-adjective

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Marshal

Marshal

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To gather up.

-Verb

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Asunder

Thunder

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In separate parts.

-Adjective

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Atrophy

Trophy

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To wither away.

-Verb

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Chattel

Cattle

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An item of personal.

-Noun

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Coterie

Coat for three

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A circle of close associates or friends.

-Noun

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Demagogue

Them dogs

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A leader who uses fear to control people.

-Noun

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Desiccate

This dry cake

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Dry out completely.

-Verb

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Entomology

Apology

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The scientist study of insects.

-Noun

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Fawn

Fawn

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To show affection.

-Verb

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Fjord

Ford

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An inlet from the ocean.

-Noun

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Gossamer

Customer

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Something that is delicate.

-Noun

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Lexicon

Mexican

A

Someone’s vocabulary.

-Noun

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Menagerie

Lingerie

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A collection of live wild animals exhibit.

-Noun