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To cause to put into mechanical motion
To cause to take action
By pressing the switch one can actuate the fan |
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Brackish
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Made up of a mixture of fresh water and sea water.
Having an unpleasant taste.,
A brackish breeze blew off the Black Sea, mixing with rotting garbage, human sweat, cheap cleaning products, and undefined fumes. |
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cognitive
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relating to mental proccesses 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 lenghty usually written discussion of a topic
My dissertation was on the strengths and limitations of existentialism as a form of literary criticism. |
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Dolorous
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causing or mared by pain misery or sorrow
The dolorous film made me recall sad times. |
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Endemic
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wide spread or peculiar to a certain place or among a certain people
1The red panda, also known as the lesser panda, is an endemic species of Asia. |
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Fecund
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producing or capable of producing many offspring
1The computer programmer was a fecund person who could quickly identify and solve problems. |
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The histories of a family and how its members are related to one another also the studies of family history.
1Peter Christian plants his family tree on one of Britain 's most popular genealogy websites, Genes Reunited.
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Inebriated
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deprived of good sense and judgement especially as the result of imbibing alcohol
1After drinking too much rum, Jack was quite inebriated. |
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Insisious
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seemingly harmless while actually being dangerous treacherous or deceptive
1The insidious playboy planned to con the heiress out of her fortune. |
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Interloper
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one who intrudes on or interferes in the affairs of others
1Since she has never been able to let her son go, my mother-in-law is an interloper in my marriage |
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a person or thing that comes before and indicates the approach of another.
1My itching is the precursor of the severe allergic reaction I will soon experience. |
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Presentiment
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A feeling that something is about to occur.
1The presentiment lingered after I saw a black cat twice in one day.
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Presentiment
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A feeling that something is about to occur.
1The presentiment lingered after I saw a black cat twice in one day.
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Presentiment
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A feeling that something is about to occur.
1The presentiment lingered after I saw a black cat twice in one day.
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Presentiment
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A feeling that something is about to occur.
1The presentiment lingered after I saw a black cat twice in one day.
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Ramification
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An outgrowth of a simple idea or plan.
1Jason was shocked when he learned the ramification of his cheating was immediate expulsion from the university |
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A state of mental or phsical sluggishness or inactivity.
1After overeating on Christmas, I fell into a satisfied torpor. |
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