tantalize
to tempt or tease someone by showing them something they want but cannot have
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Nova S38E13: English vocabulary
Season 38, Episode 13Documentary
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spectroscope
an instrument used to study the colors in light from a source
pockmarked
covered with small pits or holes
careen
to move fast in an uncontrolled way, often while turning or swerving
basaltic
relating to basalt or made of basalt
liquefy
to make a solid substance become liquid
crevasse
a deep, narrow crack in ice or rock
skyward
toward the sky
cannoned
to hit or move into something with sudden force
punctuate
to add punctuation marks to a piece of writing
scrutinize
to examine something very carefully
marvelously
in a wonderful or excellent way
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inky
dark blue or black, like ink
sublimation
the process in which a solid changes directly into a gas without becoming a liquid
spectroscopic
relating to spectroscopic analysis or using a spectroscope
glisten
to shine with a soft, reflected light
underfoot
on or across the ground, especially so that it may be stepped on
cataclysmic
causing or involving sudden great damage or suffering
coalesce
to come together and form one thing or group
vaporize
to change a liquid or solid into a gas
kea
a large New Zealand parrot with a reputation for curiosity and intelligence
ellipse
an oval shape, like a stretched circle
oxidize
to combine with oxygen, or to cause a substance to do this
frigid
very cold