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1. To cause to put into mechanical motion.
2. To cause to take action.
The teacher Actuated when the students started acting crazy in the class. |
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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.
They can live in brackish and even in sea water. |
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Cognitive
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1. Relating to mental processes such as awareness, remembering, and reasoning.
- The accident has impaired some of her cognitive functions.
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Dissertation
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1. A lenghty, usually written discussion of a topic, often for a college or university degree.
The man had a disseration on colleges he liked. |
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Dolorous
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1. Causing or marked by pain, misery, or sorrow.
The dolorous film made me recall sad times. |
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Endemic
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1. Widespread or peculilar to a certain place or among a certain people.
The poisonous snake must have came from another country because it is not endemic to our nation. |
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Fecund
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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. |
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1. The history of a family and how its members are related to one another; also the study of such family histories.
Are you interested in genealogy and family search? |
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Inebriated
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1. Deprived of good sense and judgement, especially as the result of imbibling alcohol.
People milled about the various stages of inebriated dancing and shouting. |
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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.
The insidious playboy planned to con the woman out of her fortune. |
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Interloper
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1. One who intrudes on or interferes in the affair of others.
Since she has never been able to let son go, my mother is an interloper in my marriage.
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1. A person or thing that comes before and indicates the approach of another; a forerunner.
My itching is the precursor of the severe allergic reaction i will soon experience. |
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Presentiment
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1. A feeling that something is about to occur.
A presentiment lingered after i saw a black cat twice in one day. |
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Ramification
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1. An outgrowth of a simple idea or plan; a resulting development or conseqeunce.
If anyone was hurt during the heist, the legal ramification will be even worse for the robbers. |
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1. A state of mental or physical sluggishness or inactivity.
After overeating on Christmas, i felt into a satisfied torpor. |
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