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English IV - Vocabulary Six
Will Hines
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12th Grade
01/07/2016

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Actuate 

(verb)

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Definition

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

(adjective)

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Definition

Made up of a mixture of fresh water and sea water.

 

Having an unpleasant taste.,



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

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cognitive

(Adjective)

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Definition

relating to mental proccesses such as awareness remembering and reasoning

 

  1. After the accident his cognitive ability was greatly reduced.
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Disseration

(noun)

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Definition

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

(adjective)

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Definition

causing or mared by pain misery or sorrow

 

The dolorous film made me recall sad times.

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Endemic

(Adjective)

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Definition

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

(adjective)

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Definition

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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Genealogy

(Noun)

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Definition

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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Definition

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

(Adjective)

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Definition

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

(NOun)

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Definition

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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precursor

(Noun)

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Definition

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

(Noun)

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Definition

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

(Noun)

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Definition

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

(Noun)

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Definition

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

(Noun)

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Definition

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

(Noun)

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Definition

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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Torpor

(Noun)

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Definition

A state of mental or phsical sluggishness or inactivity.

 

1After overeating on Christmas, I fell into a satisfied torpor.

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