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1. To cause to put into mechanical motion.
2. To cause to take action.
Selena actuated the opportunity to start her singing career, and it bloomed. |
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Brackish
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1. Made up of a mixture of fresh water and seawater.
2. Having an unpleasant taste.
The outdated milk had a very brackish taste to it. |
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Cognitive
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Relating to mental processes such as awareness, remembering, and reasoning.
There was cognitive response to Sheran's mother's terrible situation about her grandmother. |
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Dissertation
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A lengthy, usually written discussion of a topic, often for a college or university degree.
Mechelle had to write a dissertation about why schools need Wi-Fi for the students. |
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Dolorous
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Causing or marked by pain, misery, or sorrow.
Momma was very dolorous when my little sister died 12 years ago. |
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Endemic
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Widespread or peculiar to a certain place or among a certain people.
The lemur is in an endemic place in the jungle. |
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Fecund
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1. Producing or capable of producing many offspring.
2. Intellectually or artistically productive; creative.
My mother and I are fecund when it comes to school projects. |
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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.
I want to go on Ancestry.com to find out my whole genealogy. |
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Inebriated
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Deprived of good sense and judgment, especially as the result of imbibing alcohol.
Everyone was probably very inebriated on New Years Eve and New Years Day. |
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Insidious
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1. Seemingly harmless while actually being dangerous; treacherous or deceptive.
2. Spreading harmfully in a subtle or gradual way.
She was insidious of her best friend by spreading nasty rumors about her. |
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Interloper
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One who intrudes on or interferes in the affairs of others.
Danny was an interloper with his sister's friends while they were having a slumber party. |
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A person or thing that comes before and indicates the approach of another; a forerunner.
Alice is a precursor in the movie series Twilight. |
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Presentiment
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A feeling that something is about to occur.
Tanya had a presentiment about tonight's Blooming Ball for her school. |
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Ramification
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An outgrowth of a simple idea or plan; a resulting development or consequence.
There was a ramification between the high school principal and Sadie's parents after she got suspended for sticking up for her best friend Melissa. |
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A state of mental or physical sluggishness or inactivity.
Many students were in a torpor all day Wednesday because they stayed up too late the night before. |
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