irretrievable
impossible to get back or recover
Episode vocabulary
Nova S43E10: English vocabulary
Season 43, Episode 10Documentary
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ream
a pack of paper, usually 500 sheets
pacifier
a rubber or plastic nipple for a baby to suck on
canter
a slow, easy horse gait between a trot and a gallop
proliferate
to increase very quickly in number or amount
riddling
hard to understand; mysterious or puzzling
abstracted
lost in thought and not paying attention
worser
an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse
misplace
to put something in the wrong place and then be unable to find it
bayed
to make a long, loud cry, especially like a hound
ratting
the act of hunting or trapping rats
madrigal
a piece of music for several voices, usually sung without instruments
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magnify
to make something look larger, especially with a lens or microscope
silvering
the process of turning silver in color
stave
one of the wooden strips that make up the side of a barrel or cask
glean
to find and collect useful information from different sources
fraught
full of trouble, danger, or difficulty
incremental
happening in small steps or amounts over time
stereotyped
lacking originality and sounding familiar in a dull way
demented
very strange, wild, or out of control, often in a way that seems mentally unwell
preventative
intended to stop something before it happens
afflict
to cause pain or suffering to someone or something
wreak
to cause a lot of damage or harm
cognition
the process of thinking, learning, and understanding