Vocab 7 Flashcards

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ARTISAN

Art in sand

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-n.

A worker skilled in a craft.

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ARCHAIC

Cake

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-adj.

Ancient or outdated.

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BEGET

Forget

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-v.

To create

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CLAIMANT

Claiming ants

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  • n.

* **A person making a claim

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CLOISTER

Oyster

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-n.

Secluded place

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CONNOISSEUR

King of the sewer

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-n.

An expert

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DISSOLUTION

Solution

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-n.

The breaking up into parts

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DROMEDARY

Roaming Dairy

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-n.

A one-humped domesticated camel

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DEBACLE

The buckle

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-n.

Failure

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DEFAME

Renamed

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-v.

Slander

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ENGULF

Gulf

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-v.

To surround or enclose completely.

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ENRAPTURE

Capture

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-v.

To delight; give pleasure

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EXHUME

Tombs

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-v.

To dig up from a grave; to bring to light, uncover

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FEIGN

Insane

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-v.

To give a false appearance; to pretend

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FESTER

Uncle Fester

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-v.

To generate pus

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GIRTH

Birth

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-n.

The distance around something, circumference.

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IDIOSYNCRASY

Crazy

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-n.

A behavioral quirk

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INFAMY

Family

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-n.

An evil reputation; extreme disgrace

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INSOUCIANT

South Sea Ants

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-adj.

calm and cafefree; lighthearted.

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HARANGUE

Meringue

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-v.

To lecture

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IRASCIBLE

Wrestle bulls

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-adj.

easily angered, irritable

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LIEU

Brew

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-n.

Instead of; in place of

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MARSHAL

Marshal

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-v./n.

Toassemble together for the purpose of doing something; also an officer in the police or military.

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MASTICATE

Mast ate

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-v.

To chew