whir
to make a low, steady sound like a small machine or insect
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Nova S46E19: English vocabulary
Season 46, Episode 19Documentary
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deprecate
to say that you do not approve of something
galling
causing annoyance or resentment
broil
cook food under direct, intense heat
bracketing
the act of putting words, numbers, or symbols in brackets
moonlit
lit by the moon
exquisitely
in a very beautiful, delicate, or skillful way
frond
a large leaf of a fern or palm
opossum
a small North American marsupial that is active at night
placental
relating to a placenta
platypus
a small Australian mammal that lays eggs and has a duck-like bill and webbed feet
cataclysm
a sudden, violent disaster that causes great damage or change
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ratting
the act of hunting or trapping rats
painstaking
done with a lot of care and attention to detail
humbles
to make someone feel less proud or less important
twittering
the soft, repeated sound birds make
lentil
a small, lens-shaped seed used in cooking
eon
a very long period of time
muscling
the use of force or pressure to get something
legume
beans, peas, and similar plants or their seeds, used as food
fossilize
to change into a fossil over a very long time
pygmy
a member of certain peoples in central Africa and parts of Southeast Asia
palmed
to hide something in your hand, especially secretly
devastate
to destroy something badly or cause it to fail completely