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Nova S44E2: English vocabulary

Season 44, Episode 2Documentary

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  • inextricable

    impossible or very hard to separate, untangle, or solve

  • enamor

    to make someone fall in love with you

  • perversely

    in a way that is deliberately stubborn or unreasonable

  • refrigerate

    to keep food cold in a refrigerator

  • encase

    to cover or enclose something completely

  • strontium

    a soft, silver-white chemical element

  • blare

    to make a loud, harsh sound, or to make something do that

  • deplete

    to use up or greatly reduce the amount of something

  • playbook

    a book or document that shows the plays or strategies a team plans to use

  • storied

    famous or important because of a long history or many notable events

  • brimming

    full to the top and likely to spill over

  • drumbeat

    the repeated sound of a drum

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  • swath

    a wide strip or area of something

  • foreshadow

    to be a sign that something will happen later

  • respirator

    a mask or device worn over the nose and mouth to protect you from harmful dust, smoke, or fumes

  • insatiable

    impossible to satisfy; always wanting more

  • submerge

    to put something under water or another liquid

  • swivel

    to turn or rotate on a central point

  • contaminate

    to make a substance or place dirty or unsafe by adding harmful material

  • waver

    to move slightly back and forth, especially because of wind or uncertainty

  • assemblage

    a group of things or people gathered or arranged together

  • seep

    to flow slowly through small holes or a porous material

  • passively

    in a passive way, without taking action or resisting

  • convection

    the movement of heat in a liquid or gas as warmer parts rise and cooler parts sink

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