lesson 6- Vocab

Question 1

To cause to put into mechanical motion

To cause to take action

Answer 1

Actuate

Question 2

Made up of a mixture of fresh water and seawater

Having an unpleasant taste

Answer 2

brackish

Question 3

Relating to mental processes such as awareness, remembering, and reasoning

Answer 3

Cognitive

Question 4

A lengthy, usually written discussion of a topic, often for a college or university degree

Answer 4

Dissertation

Question 5

Causing of marked by pain, misery, or sorrow

Answer 5

Dolorous

Question 6

Widespread of peculiar to a certain place or among a certain people

Answer 6

Endemic

Question 7

Producing or capable of producing offspring

Intellectually of artistically productive; creative

Answer 7

Fecund

Question 8

The history of a family and how its members are related to one another; also the study of such family histories

Answer 8

Genealogy

Question 9

Deprived of good sense and judgment, especially as the result of imbibing alcohol

Answer 9

Inebriated

Question 10

Seemingly harmless while being dangerous; treacherous or deceptive
Spreading of harmfully in a subtle or gradual way

Answer 10

Insidious

Question 11

One who intrudes on or interferes in the affairs of others

Answer 11

Interloper

Question 12

A person or thing that comes before and indicates the approach or another; a forerunner

Answer 12

Precursor

Question 13

A feeling that something is about to occur

Answer 13

Presentiment

Question 14

An outgrowth of a simple idea or plan; resulting development or consequence

Answer 14

Ramification

Question 15

A state of mental or physical sluggishness or inactively

Answer 15

Torpor