First week - 14/5 - 18/5 Flashcards

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Disorder or chaos

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Havoc

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Something enormous in size or power

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Behemoth

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The head servant in a household who is usually in charge of food service, the care of silverware, and the deportment of other servants

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Butler

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One of the flat polished surfaces cut on a gemstone or occurring naturally on a crystal

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Facet

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A mammal similar to a rabbit but having longer ears and legs and giving birth to active, furred young

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Hare

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Easily influenced or affected

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Susceptible

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To cause or stop

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Halt

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A person who keeps bees for their honey; apiarist

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Beekeeper

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One who hunts or fishes illegally on the property of another

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Poacher

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A brief or cursory look

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Glimpse

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An adult male chicken

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Rooster

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A tumultuous crowd; a mob

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Rabble

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Easily sickened or nauseated, as by the sight of blood

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Squeamish

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Any of numerous small or minute arachnids of the order of Acarina, including species that damage crops or stored food and species that are parasitic on animals and often transmit disease

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Mile

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To connect or link in a series or chain

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Concatenate

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A primitive egg-laying mammal, the female of which has no teats but provide milks directly through the skin to their young

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Monotreme

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A herbicide

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Weedkiller

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To inhabit or overrun in numbers or quantities large enough to be harmful, threatening, or obnoxious

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Infest

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A chemical used to kill unwanted animals or plants

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Pesticide

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A small room adjoining a kitchen, in which dishwashing and other kitchen chores are done

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Scullery

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Proud; delighted (UK/IRL)

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Chuffed

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To make a grating or squeaking sound

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Creak

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To give a name to facetiously or playfully; nickname

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Dub

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A large amount or number; a lot

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Slew

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A minor battle in war, as one between small forcers of between large forces avoiding direct conflict
Skirmish
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A flat and usually level area of mown and cultivated grass
Infest
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A field on which soccer is played
Pitch
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A thicket of small trees or shrubs; a coppice
Copse
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To make the sound of a horn or whistle blown in short blasts or sound resembling it
Toot
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A matter remaining after something has been removed
Residue
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The paved area in front of and around airport hangars and terminal buildings
Apron
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A shelter especially for housing or repairing aircraft
Hangar
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A bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with perforations for draining off liquids and rising food
Collander
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Behind the times; out of fashion
Old hat
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A silly, rather unintelligent person
Airhead
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A leader of speaker who stirs up the passions of the masses; a demagogue (with hyphen)
Rabble-rouser
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A person employed to take care of wildlife and to prevent poaching, as on an estate
Gamekeeper
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To perfect or make more intense or effective
Hone
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To cut something by repeated blows, as of an axe
Hew
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A wind blowing in the same direction as that of the course of an aircraft, ship, or other vehicle
Tailwind
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An implement consisting of a long, curved, single-edged blade with a long handle, used for mowing or reaping
Scythe
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A straight line about which a body or geometric object rotates or may be conceived to rotate
Axis
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To question the truth or validity of; doubt
Dispute
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A cloth used to wrap a body for burial; a winding sheet
Shroud
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Constituting a very large, indefinite number; innumerable
Myriad
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A thin oblong piece of material, such as wood or slate, that is laid in overlapping rows to cover the roof or sides of house or other building
Shingle
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Not pleasant or agreeable
Unpalatable
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Having many aspects or phases
Multifaceted
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A strip of level, usually paved ground on which aircraft take off and land
Runway
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A small stream, often a shallow or intermittent tributary or river
Creek
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A small room or closet, usually off a kitchen, where food, tableware, linens and similar itens are store
Pantry
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An overflowing store; an abundance
Cornucopia
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A brief, incomplete view or look
Glimpse
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Any huge or powerful thing
Leaviathan
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A substance used to destroy or inhibit the growth of plants, especially weeds
Herbicide
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A nocturnal burrowing egg-laying mamma, having a spiny coat, a slender snout, and an extensible sticky tongue used for catching insects
Echidna
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Conspicuously bad or offensive
Egregious
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A semiaquatic egg-laying mammal, having a broad flat tail, webbed feet, a snout resembling a duck's bill, and in the male, venomous spurs on the hind legs
Platypus
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Kindling | To kindle
To start a fire
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Thee
Objective pronoun “you”
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Behold
Look at; see; to observe
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“My yoke is easy and my burden light” Yoke
A device for joining together a pair of draft animals, especially oxen, usually consisting of a crosspiece with two bow-shaped pieces, each enclosing the head of an animal.
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To yearn
To have this intense feeling of loss or lack and longing for something “We yearned for the future.”
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Upholstery
The materials used to cushion and cover furniture.
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Smudgy
Marked with smudges; dark marks