ENGENDER

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WORD FAMILY-engender engendered engendering

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 the student body

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WORD FAMILY- pacified pacifying  pacifier pacifies pacifist

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 my offering her a big warm hug.

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WORD FAMILY- ardently

DEFINITION- enthusiastic support

SAMPLE SENTENCE- Being an ardent Bills fan, Mark painted his face half red and half blue to show his support

 EXACERBATE

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WORD FAMILY- exacerbates, exacerbating, exacerbated, exacerbating

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.

SAGACIOUS

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WORD FAMILY- sagaciously

DEFINITION- good judgement

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

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WORD FAMILY- dissolution's

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.

CONTAGION 

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WORD FAMILY- contagions

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.

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WORD FAMILY- pestilences

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.

WRITHE

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Word Family:writhes, writhing, writhed

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 rang

PIVOTAL

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Word Family:pivot, pivoting, pivots, pivoted

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.