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Actuate |
1. To cause to put into mechaniccal motion. 2. To cause to take action. |
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Brackish |
1. Made up of a mixture of fresh water and seawater;salty water. 2. Having an unpleasant taste. |
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Cognitive |
1. Relating to mental processes such as awareness, remembering, and reasoning. |
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Dissertation |
1.A lengthy, usually written discussion of a topic, often for a college or university degree. |
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Dolorous |
1. Causing or marked by pain, misery, or sorrow. |
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Endemic |
1. Widespread or peculiar to a certain place or among a certain people. |
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Fecund |
1. Producing or capable of producing many offspring. 2. Intellectually or artistically productive; creative. |
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Genealogy |
1. the history of a family and how its members are related to one another; also the study of such family histories. |
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Inebriated |
1. Deprived of good sense and judgment, especially as the result of imbibing alcohol. |
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Insidious |
1. Seemingly harmless while actually being dangerous; treacherous or deceptive. 2. Spreading harmfully in a subtle or gradual way. |
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Interloper |
1. One who intrudes on or interferes in the affairs of others. |
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Precursor |
1. A person or thing that comes before and indicates the approach of another; a forerunner. |
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Presentiment |
1/A feeling that something is about to occur. |
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Ramificaction |
1. An outgrowth of a simple idea or plan; a resulting development or consequence. |
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Torpor |
1. A state of mental or physical sluggishness or inactivity. |
