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2022 May Flashcards

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Brackish

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Slightly salty

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Cobot

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A computer-controlled robotic device designed to assist a person

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Preternatural

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Beyond what is normal

Extraordinary

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Fossik

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To search for gold, especially by reworking washings or waste piles

To rummage or search around, especially for a possible profit

To search for by or as if by rummaging

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Greenwashing

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Disinformation disseminated by an organization so as to present an environmentally responsible public image

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Eidetic

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Relating to or denoting mental images having unusual vividness and detail, as if actually visible

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Macroscopic

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Visible to the naked eye

Not microscopic

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Profligate

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Wasteful

Dissolute

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Monopsony

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A market situation in which there is only one buyer

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Leanwashing

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The practise of making a product or service appear healthier than it is through advertising or other forms of marketing

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Judder

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Verb

(Especially of something mechanical) shake and vibrate rapidly and forcefully

Noun

An instance of rapid and forceful shaking and vibration

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Lurid

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Brightly coloured

Sensational

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Ante penultimate

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Two iterations before the last of a series

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Pinniped

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A carnivorous aquatic mammal of the order Pinnipedia, such as a seal or walrus

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Senescent cell

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A cell undergoing a cessation of cell division

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Vagrancy

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Homelessness

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Numeracy

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The ability to understand and work with numbers

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Prurient

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Having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters

Salacious

Lascivious

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Endue

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To endow or provide with a quality or ability

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Metathesis

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The transposition of sounds or letters in a word

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Chamois

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An agile goat-antelope with short hooked horns, found in mountainous areas of Europe from Spain to the Caucasus

A type of soft pliable leather now made from sheepskin or lamb skin

A piece of leather used for washing windows or cars

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Pidgin

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A grammatically simplified form of a language, used for communication between people not sharing a common language

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Maelstrom

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Whirlpool

Turbulence

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Lacuna

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An unrolled space or interval

A gap

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Sociolect
The dialect of a particular social class
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Boswell
A person who accompanies another and records their life
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Noetic
Relating to mental activity or the intellect
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Apodeictic
Clearly established or beyond dispute
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Rufous
Reddish brown in colour
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Inscrutable
Enigmatic | Mysterious
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Undergird
Secure or fasten from the underside, especially by a rope or chain passed underneath To provide support or a firm basis for
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Blithe
Heedless Happy
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Quantum computing
A computer which makes use of the quantum states of subatomic particles to store information
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FOMC
Federal Open Market Committee
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Vertiginous
Causing vertigo, especially by being extremely high or steep
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Tepid
Lukewarm Unenthusiastic
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Demur
Raise doubts or objections Show reluctance
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Cubit
An ancient measure of length, approximately equal to the length of a forearm It was typically approximately 44cm Long cubit’s length: 52cm
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Fiduciary
Involving trust, especially with regard to the relationship between a trustee and a beneficiary
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Holophrasis
The expression of a whole phrase in a single word E.g., Howdy
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Cook with gas
To do well Make rapid progress
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Disavow
Deny
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Epigram
Quip Proverb
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Florid
Ruddy Ornate
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Bleary
Blurred
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Pleach
Entwine or interlace (tree branches) to form a hedge or provide cover for an outdoor walkway
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Efficient market hypothesis
A hypothesis in financial economics that states that asset prices reflect all available information A direct implication is that it’s impossible to “beat the market” consistently on a risk-adjusted basis since market prices should only react to new information
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Clinquant
Flashy Cheap (rhetoric)
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Erstwhile
Former
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Dithyramb
A wild choral hymn of Ancient Greece, especially one dedicated to Dionysus
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Copestone
A flat stone forming part of the coping of a wall The highest stone in a building, wall, or structure A finishing touch of crowning achievement
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Alliaceous
Botany Relating to or denoting plants of a group that comprise the onions and other alliums
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LAMBDA
A compute service that allows you to run code without provisioning or managing servers
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Bemused
Puzzled Confused Bewildered
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Portentous
Ominous Pompous Rhetorical Foreboding
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Fait accompli
A thing that has already happened or been decided before those affected hear about it, leaving them with no option but to accept it (“The results were presented to shareholders as a fait accompli”)
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Tardigrade
Zoology A minute animal of the phylum Tardigrada A water bear
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Compunction
A feeling of guilt or moral scruple that prevents or follows the doing of something bad “He had no compunction about behaving blasphemously”
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Benison
A blessing
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Relative-value trading
Also known as statistical arbitrage Based around the fundamental idea that two or more assets are strongly related to each other for some persistent systematic reason Because of this, traders are willing to bet that when these assets diverge, they will eventually revert back to their long term trading range resulting in a profit, if and when they do
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Resistive touchscreen
Electrical engineering A touch-sensitive computer display composed of two flexible sheets coated with a resistive material and separated by an air gap or microdots
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Citadel
A fortress, typically on high ground, protecting or dominating a city
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Jelq
A pe**s enlargement technique in which the thumb and index finger are wrapped around the pe**s with the aim of making it larger
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Proffer
To hold out (something) to someone for acceptance To offer An offer or proposal
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Deductible
In an insurance policy A specified amount of money that the insured must pay before an insurance company will pay a claim “A traditional insurance policy with a low deductible”
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Epigenetic
Relating to heritable changes in the characteristics of a cell or organism that result from altered gene expression or other effects not involving changes to the DNA sequence itself
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Veblen good
A type of luxury good for which the demand increases as the price increases The higher prices may make them desirable as a status symbol in the practises of conspicuous consumption and leisure
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Protein folding
The physical process by which a protein chain is translated to its native three-dimensional structure, typically a “folded” conformation by which the protein becomes biologically functional
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Cytokine
Any of a number of substances, such as interferon, interleukin, and growth factors, which are secreted by certain cells of the immune system and have an effect on other cells
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Trialogue
Trilogue A dialogue among three people
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RAS
Reticular Activation System A section of the brain which participates in fight-or-flight responses, as well as dream construction
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Moppet
A small, endearingly sweet child
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Sachem
To hoe
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Hippocrene
Used to refer to poetic or literary inspiration
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Omnifarious
Comprising or relating to all sorts or varieties
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Ivermectin
A compound used as an anthelmintic in veterinary medicine and as a treatment for river blindness
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United Launch Alliance
A firm that provides spacecraft launch services to the US government
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Scumble
To modify (a painting or colour) by applying a very thin coat of opaque paint to give a softer or duller effect A thin, opaque coat of paint or layer of shading applied to give a softer or fuller effect
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Anthelmintic
(Chiefly of medicines) Used to destroy parasite worms
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River blindness
A tropical skin disease caused by a parasitic filarial worm, transmitted by the bite of black flies which breed in fast flowing rivers The larvae of the parasite can migrate into the eye and cause blindness Also called “onchocerciasis”
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Gamesome
Playful and merry
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Vitriol
bitter criticism or malice ["her mother's sudden gush of fury and vitriol"] sulphuric acid
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fartlek
a system of training for distance runners in which the terrain and pace are continually varied
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Assiduous
exhibiting great care and perseverance | diligent
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Humectant
a hygroscopic substance used to keep things moist used in many products, incl. food, cosmetics, medicines, etc.
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Hygroscopic
Tending to absorb moisture from the air
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Exonym
A name of a place or group that is only used outside of that place or group
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Quaff
To drink (usually an alcoholic beverage) heartily
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Malinger
To feign or exaggerate illness in order to escape duty or work
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EPO
Emergency protective order

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