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engendered
the principal announced that students could no longer wear sneakers to school, it engendered anger in the student body. |
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| (engenders, engendered, engendering) - to bring a feeling into existence |
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| pacify v. After dropping her cell phone in the muddy puddle, I tried to pacify my friend by offering her a big, warm hug. |
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(pacified, pacifying, pacifies, pacifist) - to ease someone's anger; calm someone down
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ardent adj
Being an ardent Bills fan, Mark painted his face half red and half blue to show his love for the team. |
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(ardently) - enthusiastic support
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exacerbate v
The singer's terrible voice was exacerbated by the awful pianist who didn't know how to accompany her. |
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(exacerbates, exacerbating, exacerbated, exacerbation) - to make something bad even worse
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sagacious adj
Samuel Westing Jr. III had always been a sagacious business man known for his shrewd negotiating style. |
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(sagaciously) - good judgement; shrewd
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dissolution n
The Alka-seltzer tablet's dissolution was instant once it fell into the glass of water and virtually disappeared. |
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(dissolutions) - the disintegration or decomposition of something
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contagion n
Once the idea of storming the Bastille took hold, it spread like a contagion among the people. |
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(contagions) - the spreading of a disease or idea from one person to another through close contact
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pestilence n
The Ebola virus is a horrific pestilence that was just as easily spread as the bubonic plague. |
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(pestilences) - a fatal epidemic disease, especially the bubonic plague
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writhed
The majestic lion writhed in pain, its body twisting in strange patterns, after being shot with a tranquilizer gun at close range. |
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(writhes, writhing, writhed) - to make continual twisting movements of the body.
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pivotal
Graduating from high school was a huge achievement in Hank's life and a pivotal moment in the life of his mother as well. |
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(pivot, pivoting, pivots, pivoted) - of crucial importance in relation to the success of something else.
Graduating from high school was a huge achievement in Hank's life and a pivotal moment in the life of his mother as well. |
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