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English IV - Vocabulary Six
Tyler Bell
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English
12th Grade
01/08/2016

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Actuate

(Verb)

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Definition

To cause to put into mechanical motion.

To cause to take action.

 

My friend actuated againts his mean boss

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Brackish

(Adjective)

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Definition

Made up of a mixture of fresh water and seawater.

Having an unpleasant taste.

 

 

I am going fishing in the brackish water.

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Cognitive

(Adjective)

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Relating to mental processes such as awareness, remembering, and reasoning.

 

Mrs Grimes is trying to teach me about being cognitive.

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Disseratation

(Noun)

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

 

 

My teacher gave me a dissertation to do for homework.

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Dolorous

(Adjective)

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Causing or marked by pain, misery, or sorrow.

 

 

My brother causes me dolorous everyday.

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Endemic

(Adjective)

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Definition

Widespread or peculiar to a certain place or among a certain people.

 

 

The endemic disease has spread across the world.

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Fecund

(Adjective)

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Definition

Producing or capable of producing many offspring.

Intellectually or artistically productive.

 

 

Your parents have been very fecund recently.

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Genealogy

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Definition

The history of a family

 

 

My mom told me all about the genealogy of my family.

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Inebriated

(Adjective)

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Definition

Deprived of good sense and judgement, drunk.

 

 

Somebody got inebriated on the street.

 

 

 

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Insidious

(Adjective)

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Definition

Seemingly harmless while actually being dangerous.

 

 

Did you see that movie called insidious?

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Interloper

(Adjective)

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Definition

Interferes in others affairs.

 

My brother interlopes in my problems.

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Precursor

(Noun)

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Definition

a forerunner

 

 

My boss is a Precursor around everyone.

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Presentiment

(Noun)

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Definition

Something is about to occur.

 

 

I am very presentiment towards others.

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Ramification

(Noun)

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Definition

An outgrowth of a simple plan.

 

 

My teacher has a ramification for my future.

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Torpor

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Definition

a state of inactivity

 

 

My cat is very torpor.

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