Vocab 14-15 Flashcards

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Artisan

Art in Sand

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A worker skilled in a craft

Noun

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Connoisseur

King of Sewer

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Expert, particularly in art and taste

Noun

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Beget

Forget

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To give birth to, to create

Verb

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Debacle

The Buckle

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Catastrophe

Noun

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Dissolution

Solution

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Breaking up of something

Noun

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Dromedary

Roaming Dairy

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A one-humped domesticated camel

Noun

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Fester

Uncle Fester

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To ooze pus

Verb

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Exhume

Tomb

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To dig up from a grave

Verb

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Enraptured

Capture

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To be excited, happy

Adjective

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Harangue

Meringue

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To lecture, berate

verb

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Insouciant

South Sea Ant

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Calm, careful

Adjective

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Marshal

Marshal

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To assemble together for the purpose of doing something

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 movable property

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 person who obtains power by appealing to people’s feelings or prejudices.
(Noun)

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Desiccate

This Dry Cake

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To dry out completely

Verb

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Entomology

Apology

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The 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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A long narrow inlet from the sea

Noun

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Gossamer

Customer

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Something delicate/flimsy

Noun