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• adhesion
  ədˈhi:зən Stickiness to a surface.
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• beef
  bi:f Meat from cattle.
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• bloom
  blu:m A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud.
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• brew
  bru: (transitive, intransitive) To make tea or coffee by mixing tea leaves or coffee beans with hot water.
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• circumvent
  sə:kəmˈvent (transitive) to avoid or get around something; to bypass.
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• crossbow
  Type of ranged weapon based on the bow.
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• cyst
  sɪst Closed sac growth on the body.
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• earl
  English title of nobility.
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• energy
  ˈenəʤɪ Quantitative physical property transferred to objects to perform heating or work on them.
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• forthright
  Novel by Elizabeth Peters.
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• humdrum
  ˈhʌmdrʌm 1998 film by Peter Peake.
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• icon
  ˈaɪkɔn Religious work of art, generally a panel painting, in Eastern Christianity.
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• jibe
  ʤaɪb (nautical) A maneuver in which the stern of a sailing boat or ship crosses the wind, typically resulting in the sudden sweep of the boom from one side of the sailboat to the other.
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• parenthood
  ˈpɛərənthud The state of being a parent.
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• raft
  ra:ft Flat structure for support or transportation over water.
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• reap
  ri:p (transitive) To cut (for example a grain) with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine.
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• rugby
  ˈrʌgbɪ (usually uncountable) A sport where players can hold or kick an ovoid ball.
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• sash
  sæʃ Band or strip of fabric wrapped around the waist or worn over the shoulder or hips and usually tied.
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• scab
  skæb An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed during healing.
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• scarecrow
  ˈskɛəkrəu Human-like decoy or mannequin placed in fields.
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• swab
  swɔb A small piece of soft, absorbent material, such as gauze, used to clean wounds, apply medicine, or take samples of body fluids.
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• vase
  va:z Open container, often used to hold cut flowers.
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• wick
  wɪk A bundle, twist, braid, or woven strip of cord, fabric, fibre/fiber, or other porous material in a candle, oil lamp, kerosene heater, or the like, that draws up liquid fuel, such as melted tallow, wax, or the oil, delivering it to the base of the flame for conversion to gases and burning; any other length of material burned for illumination in small successive portions.
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• yuck
  Uttered to indicate disgust usually toward an objectionable taste or odour.
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