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Nova S38E16: English vocabulary

Season 38, Episode 16Documentary

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  • springiness

    the quality of being springy or elastic

  • slosh

    to move through water or another liquid with a splashing sound

  • hurtle

    to move very fast, often in a wild or uncontrolled way

  • playbill

    a printed program for a play or other show

  • cannoned

    to hit or move into something with sudden force

  • splay

    to spread something out or apart

  • perplexing

    causing confusion or making something hard to understand

  • frenetic

    very fast and energetic in a wild, excited, or uncontrolled way

  • undaunted

    not afraid or discouraged by difficulty, danger, or failure

  • cosmological

    relating to the study of the universe and how it began

  • captivate

    to hold someone's attention completely and delight them

  • gyroscope

    a device with a spinning wheel or disc that helps keep something steady or measure movement

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  • statics

    the study of forces on structures that are not moving

  • meld

    to blend or combine smoothly

  • mooned

    to show your bare buttocks to someone as a joke or insult

  • persevere

    to keep trying to do something despite difficulty or failure

  • infuse

    to add a quality, feeling, or flavor to something

  • welcomer

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

  • interweave

    to weave or twist things together

  • captivating

    very attractive and able to hold your attention

  • indentation

    a blank space at the start of a line of text

  • nothingness

    the state of not existing or having no meaning or purpose

  • fluctuate

    to change up and down irregularly

  • nervously

    in a nervous way

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