Actuate

(verb)

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1.To cause to put into mechanical motion

2.To cause to take action

The key to the ignition is required to actuate the engine of the automobile

Brackish

(adjective)

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1. Made up of a mixture of fresh water and seawater

2. Having an unpleasant taste

A brackish breeze blew off the Black Sea, mixing with rotting garbage, human sweat, cheap cleaning products, and undefined fumes.

Cognitive

(adjective)

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Relating to mental processes such as awareness, remebering, and unreasoning

Dissertation

(noun)

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A lenghty, usually written discussion of a topic, often for a college or university degree.

I have to finish a dissertation by next week.

Dolorous

(adjective)

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Causing or marked by pain, misery, or sorrow

Endemic

(adjective)

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Widespread or peculiar to a certain place or  among many offspring

The poisonous snake must have come from another country because it is not endemic to our nation.

Fecund

(adjective)

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1. Producing or capable of producing many offspring

2. Intellectually or artistically productive; creative

The computer programmer was a fecund person who could quickly identify and solve problems.

Genealogy

(noun) 

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The history of a family and how its members are related to one another; also the study of such family histories

We looked up our family genealogy online to know about it.

Inebriated

(adjective)

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deprived of good sense and judgment, especially as the result of imbiding alcohol

The woman is inebriated

Insidious

(adjective)

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1. Seemingly harmless with actually being dangerous; treacherous or deceptive

2.Spreading harmfully in a subtle or gradual way

While Helen may seem like a nice woman, I believe she has an insidious side to her

Interloper

(noun)

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One who intrudes on or interferes in the affairs of others

Since she has never let her son go, my mother-in-law has been an interloper in our marriage

Precursor

(noun)

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A person or thing that comes before and indicates the approach of another; a forerunner

When my throat was sore, I can tell it was a precursor for a cold.

Presentiment

(noun)

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A feeling that something is about to occur.

When I watched the movie, I felt the presentiment of terror.

(noun)

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An outgrowth of a simple idea or plan; a resulting development or consequence

Jason was shocked when he learned the ramification of his cheating was immediate expulsion from the university

Torpor

(noun)

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A state of mental or physical sluggish or inactivity

After overeating on Christmas, I fell into a satisfied torpor.