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12/09/2017

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Term

ENGENDER

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Definition

DEFINITION

to bring a feeling into existence

SAMPLE SENTENCE

When the principal announced that students could no longer wear sneakers to school, it engendered anger in the student body.

WORD FAMILY MEMBERS

(engenders, engendered, engendering)

Term

PACIFY

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Definition

DEFINITION

 

to ease someone's anger; calm someone down

SAMPLE SENTENCE
After dropping her cell phone in the muddy puddle, I tried to pacify my friend by offering her a big, warm hug.

WORD FAMILY MEMBERS

pacified, pacifying, pacifies, pacifist, pacifier

Term

ARDENT

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Definition

DEFINTION

enthusiastic support

SAMPLE SENTENCE

Being an ardent Bills fan, Mark painted his face half red and half blue to show his love for the team.

WORD FAMILY MEMBERS

ardently

Term

EXCABERATE

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Definition

DEFINITION

to make something bad even worse

SAMPLE SENTENCE

The singer's terrible voice was exacerbated by the awful pianist who didn't know how to accompany her.

WORD FAMILY MEMBERS

exacerbates, exacerbating, exacerbated, exacerbating

Term

SAGACIOUS

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Definition

DEFINITION

good judgement; shrewd

SAMPLE SENTENCE

Samuel Westing Jr. III had always been a sagacious business man known for his shrewd negotiating style.

WORD FAMILY MEMBERS

sagaciously

Term

DISSOLUTION

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Definition

DEFINITION

the disintegration or decomposition of something

SAMPLE SENTENCE

 

The Alka-seltzer tablet's dissolution was instant once it fell into the glass of water and virtually disappeared.

WORD FAMILY MEMBERS

dissolutions

Term

CONTAGION

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Definition

DEFINITION

 

the spreading of a disease or idea from one person to another through close contact

SAMPLE SENTENCE

 

Once the idea of storming the Bastille took hold, it spread like a contagion among the people.

WORD FAMILY MEMBERS

contagions

Term

PESTILENCE

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Definition

DEFINITION

 

a fatal epidemic disease, especially the bubonic plague

SAMPLE SENTENCE

The Ebola virus is a horrific pestilence that was just as easily spread as the bubonic plague.

WORD FAMILY MEMBERS

pestilences

Term

WRITHE

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Definition

DEFINITION

 

to make continual twisting movements of the body.

SAMPLE SENTENCE

 

The majestic lion writhed in pain, its body twisting in strange patterns, after being shot with a tranquilizer gun at close range.

WORD FAMILY MEMBERS

writhes, writhing, writhed

Term

PIVOTAL

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Definition

DEFINITION

 

of crucial importance in relation to the success of something else.

SAMPLE SENTENCE

Graduating from high school was a huge achievement in Hank's life and a pivotal moment in the life of his mother as well.  

WORD FAMILY MEMBERS

pivot, pivoting, pivots, pivoted

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