Vocab:14 and 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 the sewer

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An expert

Noun

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Beget

Forget

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To give birth to or create

Verb

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Debacle

The buckle

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Catastrophe

Noun

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Dissolution

The solution

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To break into parts

Noun

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Dromedary

Roaming Dairy

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A one humped DOMESTICATED camel

Noun

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Harangue

Meringue

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To lecture

Verb

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Insouciant

South sea aunts

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Light hearted

Adjective

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Marshal

Marshal

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To come together

Noun/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 person, moving property;slave

Noun

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Coterie

Coat for three

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A close circle of friends

Noun

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Demagogue

Them dogs

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A leader who obtains power by appealing to the emotions of the people
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Desiccate

This dry cake

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To dehydrate completely

Verb

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Entomology

Apology

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Study of insects

Noun

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Fawn

Fawn

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To show affection

Verb