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Week 12 Flashcards

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Automaton

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(n) a robot made in imitation of a human being

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Crescendo

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(n) climax

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Foment

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(v) instigate

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Gird

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(v) prepare oneself for something difficult or challenging

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Impunity

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(n) exemption or freedom from punishment

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Irascible

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(adj) easily angered

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Palaver

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(n) unnecessarily elaborate or complex procedure

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Portmanteau

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(n) a word combining the meanings of two others, for example motel (from ‘motor’ and ‘hotel’) or brunch (from ‘breakfast’ and ‘lunch’)

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Rankle

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(v) annoy or irritate

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Supercilious

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(adj) behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others

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