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Nova S47E3: English vocabulary

Season 47, Episode 3Documentary

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  • trainable

    able to be trained or taught

  • domesticate

    to tame an animal and keep it as a pet or for farming

  • spay

    to have a female animal surgically sterilized

  • melanin

    a dark substance in skin, hair, and eyes that gives them color

  • vocalize

    to make sounds with your voice

  • angora

    soft wool or fabric made from the hair of an Angora goat or rabbit

  • predispose

    to make someone more likely to have a feeling, behavior, or condition

  • inscrutable

    difficult or impossible to understand

  • musculature

    the muscles in a body or in one part of a body

  • pinking

    to cut the edge of fabric with pinking shears

  • domestication

    the process of making an animal tame and keeping it with humans

  • wildness

    the quality of being wild, uncontrolled, or untamed

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  • acuity

    the sharpness of sight, hearing, or thought

  • clicker

    a handheld device used to control a device from a distance

  • impregnable

    impossible or very hard to capture or defeat

  • scowl

    to frown in an angry or bad-tempered way

  • venerate

    to respect and admire someone or something deeply

  • diurnal

    happening or active during the day

  • exhibitor

    a person or company that shows products, art, or other items at an event

  • obligate

    to make someone legally or morally required to do something

  • ratting

    the act of hunting or trapping rats

  • purr

    the low soft sound a cat makes when it is content

  • prowl

    to move around quietly and carefully, especially while looking for something or someone

  • welcomer

    a person whose job or role is to welcome and help guests or newcomers

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