dexterous
skilled at using your hands or body in a quick, careful way
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Nova S36E13: English vocabulary
Season 36, Episode 13Documentary
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domesticate
to tame an animal and keep it as a pet or for farming
careen
to move fast in an uncontrolled way, often while turning or swerving
biped
an animal or person that walks on two legs
encase
to cover or enclose something completely
gusty
blowing in strong, sudden bursts
glutton
a person who eats too much
punctuate
to add punctuation marks to a piece of writing
anatomically
in a way that relates to the structure of the body
profusion
a very large amount of something
cataclysmic
causing or involving sudden great damage or suffering
misshapen
not having a normal shape; bent or badly formed
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meshed
joined so that the parts fit together and move smoothly
hotbed
a place where something, especially trouble or activity, develops quickly and strongly
furrow
a long, narrow groove or trench made in the ground by a plow
amalgam
a mixture of different things combined into one
bookmark
a strip of material used to mark your place in a book
impurity
the presence of unwanted or dirty substances in something
momentous
very important and likely to have a big effect on the future
patchwork
cloth made by sewing small pieces of different fabric together
annuity
a fixed amount of money paid to someone regularly, often for the rest of their life
diverge
to split into different directions or paths
thumbed
past tense and past participle of thumb through
geologic
relating to geology or to the Earth's structure and history