J.Java July 2022

The exercise was created 2022-08-09 by jennyholmqvist. Question count: 47.

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  • lig take advantage of free parties, travel or other benefits offered by companies for publicity purposes
  • wang penis
  • lampoon publicly critisize by using ridicule, irony or sarcasm
  • stint a person's fixed or allotted period of work
  • a second stint a second period
  • clout influence or power, esp in politics or economy
  • ire anger
  • blatantly in an open and unashamed manner
  • hail call someone in order to attract their attention
  • hail a taxi call a taxi
  • wantonness bad behaviour that is intentional or shows no care about the bad things that might result
  • wanton (of a wicked and violent act) deliberate an unprovoked
  • immiseration economic empoverishment
  • get a shot of get rid of (informal British)
  • state of contingency a future event or circumstance which is possible but cannot be predicted with certainty (ovisshet)
  • divot small piece of turf cut out of the ground by a golf club
  • befuddled unable to think straight, confused
  • pumice stone pimpsten
  • brogues herrskor
  • ruse an action intended to deceive someone, a trick
  • foist on someone impose an unnecessary or unwelcome person or thing on someone
  • perpetrate a scam carry out or commit a scam
  • frisson sudden strong feeling of excitement, fear or thrill
  • jest a thing said or done for amusement, a joke
  • whet sharpen the blade of a knife or tool
  • comsumption tuberculosis
  • unhallowed unholy, wicked, not formally consecrated
  • indigent poor, needy
  • infibulation the most pervasive form of female genital mutilation
  • olm paleskinned blind salamander
  • colostrum the first milk produced, rich in antibodies, råmjölk
  • atrophied having lost effectiveness or vigour due to underuse or neglect
  • bereft sad and lonely esp through someone's death or departure
  • mildew mögel
  • areola a small circular area, esp the ring of pigmented skin surrounding a nipple
  • gullet matstrupe
  • pucker gather tightly or contract into wrinkles, eg about lips
  • trichotillomania when someone can't resist the urge to pull out their hair
  • eclectic deriving ideas, style or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources
  • diciples a follower or pupil of a teacher, leader or philosopher (or Jesus)
  • under indictment under a formal charge or accusation of a serious crime
  • cache a collection of intems of the samt type stored in a hidden or inaccessible place
  • acquit free someone of a criminal charge by verdict of not guilty
  • iconography the visual images or symbols used in a work of art or the study and interpretation of these, eg Angela Davis' raised fist
  • admonish warn or reprimand someone firmly
  • wistfully with a feeling of vague or regretful longing
  • blistering extremely fast, forceful or impressive. Of criticism: expressed with great vehemence

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