Charrette (noun)
sha-ret
a final, intensive effort to finish a project, before a deadline.
1965–70; French: cart, Old French, equivalent to char chariot, wagon ( car 1 ) + -ette -ette, from the idea of speed of wheels
Example sentences
“She saw the study period as five and a half weeks of rest and a charrette of action in the last three days.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
