Vocab 13 & 14 Flashcards

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Connoisseur

King of sewer

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Expert

Noun

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Artisan

Art in sand

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Work or skilled in a craft

Noun

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Debacle

The buckle

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Disaster

Noun

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Beget

Forget

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To create

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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Excited

Adjective

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Dromedary

Roaming dairy

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One-humped camel

Noun

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Dissolution

Solution

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When something breaks up or when a contract is broken.

Noun

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Fester

Uncle Fester

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To ooze pus

Verb

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Insouciant

south sea ant

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Laid back

Adjective

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Harangue

Meringue

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To lecture and talk down to

Verb

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Marshal

Marshal

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To gather or assemble

Verb

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Coterie

Coat for three

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Groupies

Noun

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13
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Chattel

Cattle

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Property or slaves

Noun

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14
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Atrophied

Trophy

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To wither away

Verb

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Asunder

Thunder

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In separate parts

Adjective

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Fawning

Fawn

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To care for

Adjective

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Demagogues

Them dogs

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A ruler who manipulates emotions

Noun

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Desiccate

This dry cake

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To dehydrate

Verb

19
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Entomology

Apology

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One who studies insects

Noun

20
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Menagerie

Lingerie

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Collection of animals

Noun

21
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Fjord

Ford

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Inlet from the ocean with mountains from the side

Noun

22
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Lexicon

Mexican

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Group of words associated with something

Noun

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Gossamer

Customer

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Sheer gauzy fabric

Noun