1. English Word Bank

An apparatus showing the relative positions and motions of bodies in the solar system by balls moved by a clockwork.

• orrery
• supererogatory

involving doing more than necessary

• supererogatory
• fracas

a noisy argument or fight

• fracas
• septuagenarian

a person who is between 70 and 79 years old

• septuagenarian
• quoin

an external angle of a wall or building

• quoin
• ailurophile

a cat lover

• ailurophile
• assemblage

a collection of things or a group of people or animals

• assemblage
• beleaguer

cause problems or difficulties for

• beleaguer
• becoming

flattering a person's appearance

• becoming
• conflate

combine (two or more texts, ideas, etc.) into one

• conflate
• cynosure