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1. To cause to put into mechanical motion.
2. To cause to take action.
A car is actuated by a change in gears.
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1. Made up of a mixture of fresh water and seawater.
2. Having an unpleasant taste.
The sweet tea had an brackish taste to it. |
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Cognitive
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Relating to mental processes such as awareness, remembering , and reasoning.
After the accident his cognitive ability was greatly reduced. |
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Disseration
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A lengthy, usually written discussion of a topic, often for a college or university degree.
To recieve a college schlorship to have to write a disseration essay.
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Dolorous
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Causing or marked by pain, misery, or sorrow.
The funeral was so dolorus.
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Endemic
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Widespread or pecuiliar to a certain place or among a certain people.
The poisonous snake must have come from another country because it is not endemic to our nation. |
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Fecund
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1. Producing or capable of producing many offspring.
2. Intellectually or artisitcally productive; creative
I've worked hard to make this soil fecund, I've been composting it for years.
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The history of a family and how its memebers are related to one another, also the study of such families histories
Geneal
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Inebriated
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Deprived of good sense and judgement, especially as the result of imbibing alcohol.
The young man was so deprived he could barely walk home.
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Insidious
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1.Seemingly harmless while actually being dangerous; treachous or deceptive.
2. Spreading harmfully in a subtle or gradual way.
The car dealership used attracive insidious models to lure in buyers. |
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Interloper
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One who intrudes on or interferes in the affairs of others.
My bestfriend relationship was interloped and she got really mad. |
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A person or thing that comes before and indicates the approach of another; a fore runner.
A cold sore can be the precursor of a cold. |
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Presentiment
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A feeling something is about to Occur.
I always have a feeling that presentiment is about to occur a any moment. |
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Ramification
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An outgrowth of a simple idea or plan; a resulting development or consequences.
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Torpor
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A state of mental or physical sluggishness or inactivity.
The extreme heat condition caused some of the players to getr torpid.
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