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What does the word consign means and

Where does it come from?

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Give

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What does the word delirious mean? And where does I come from?

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Out of ones head

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What does the word solicit means?

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Implore

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SOLICITOUS

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Worried sick

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SOLiCITUDE

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Care

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SOLICiTATION

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Asking

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Derange

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Make insane

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Derangement

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Disruption

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Reciprocate

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Do the same

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Dislodge

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To dislodge is to remove something. When you’re choking, you need to dislodge the food from your throat.

When you dislodge, you’re moving something from its current position. When sumo wrestlers are going at it, they’re trying to dislodge each other from their original positions. Anytime something is stuck and you want it out, it needs to be dislodged. When you’re choking, food is lodged in your windpipe. That’s a time when you need to dislodge quickly!

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Denial

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Disapproval

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Inauguration

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An inauguration is a ceremony that formally marks the start of something. You’ve probably seen the inauguration ceremony when a new president takes office.

With the inauguration of Donald Trump on January 20,2017

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Contemporaneous

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Side by side

No other contemporaneous mortuary vessel assemblages from other sites across the Caddoan area resemble those of the Titus phase.”

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Strategist

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That guy who’s really good at making a detailed plan for winning at Monopoly? He’s a strategist, or an expert at strategy, or planning.

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Interloper

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If you intrude on people without their permission, you are an interloper. An interloper crashes parties and laughs at “No Trespassing” signs.

They figure the word interloper was formed by combining inter- (“between”) with -loper (from landloper — meaning “vagabond or adventurer”).

Security did not prevent an interloper from getting onto the stage at the opening ceremony.

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Elemental

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Basic

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Contemporary

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Things that are contemporary are either happening at the same time or happening now. Contemporary art is recent art.

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Attribution

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Touch

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Attribute

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Hold responsible

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Parameter

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A parameter is a limit. In mathematics a parameter is a constant in an equation, but parameter isn’t just for math anymore: now any system can have parameters that define its operation. You can set parameters for your class debate.

To setting any parameters on the use of a conversation

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Mutual

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Having the same relationship

Done or held in common

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Wary

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Careful

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Extract

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When you extract something, you remove it from a larger whole. You can extract a passage from a book, or a liquid essence from a vanilla bean—vanilla extract.

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Engineer

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Engineer when used as a verb it means to fix or plot something.

She managed to engineer(fix) the deal

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Shareholder

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A shareholder is someone who holds stock in a company. Shareholders partially own a company and can make more money when it does well.

When you share, you’re using or enjoying something with others. Similarly, shareholders own shares — also known as stocks — in a company, so the shareholders all own a little piece of the company. Therefore, shareholders want the company to succeed, so their shares will be worth more money. If one shareholder owns more than 50% of the shares, that person can control the company. Otherwise, the shareholders will have to work together to make decisions.
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Relentless

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Never ending

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Relent

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Go along with

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Indefatigable

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Unfaltering

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Ceaseless

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Endless

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Symbiotic

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A symbiotic relationship benefits both parties. The two of you have a symbiotic relationship: she fixes your car and you style her hair.

In biology, symbiotic refers to any diverse organisms that live together, but in this case, the relationship is not necessarily beneficial to both. Parasites, for example, have a symbiotic relationship with their hosts, but only the parasite benefits. If you contract a parasite, you might consider charging rent or throwing the bum out!

A relationship where both people benefit from each other is a symbiotic one.

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Codependent relationship

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The term ‘codependency’ is often used casually to describe relationships where a person is needy, or dependent upon, another person. There is much more to this term than everyday clinginess. … In its simplest terms, a codependent relationship is when one partner needs the other partner, who in turn, needs to be needed.

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Oust

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A teacher may oust you from class if you are being disruptive, or you might oust your class president from her position if you beat her in the election. To oust is to “expel,” “kick out,” or “remove and replace.”

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Calamitous

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A calamitous event is one that leads to a catastrophe — like the calamitous crashing of your parents’ car into the garage door.

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Disinclination

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Lack of enthusiasm

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Incredulity

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Uncertainty

Before I could signal my incredulity he winked and nodded at a diagram pinned to the wall.

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Improbable

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Your parents might tell you it’s improbable that they’ll buy you a car when you turn 16. Since improbable means something is unlikely but not impossible, your optimism allows you to keep hoping.

The adjective improbable also means statistically unlikely to happen. You might be afraid to fly, but the odds of a plane crash are so low that such an event is improbable. Improbable also means something that is so outrageous that you’d never admit you believed in it. You know the existence of the Loch Ness Monster is improbable, but that doesn’t stop you from looking for it when you travel to Scotland.

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Bureaucracy

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Administration

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Diplomat

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A diplomat is a person who helps people who have differing points of view find common ground. In government, a diplomat is an official who represents his or her country in other nations.
The noun diplomat is related to the word diploma, from the Greek diploun, meaning “to fold double.” A diploma is an official paper — something diplomats carry on behalf of their governments. They know about all sides of an issue, which is helpful in times of conflict. You are a diplomat, if caught between Yankees and Red Sox fans, you get them to talk about hockey instead.

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Designate

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Officially give a specified status or name to

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Exponent

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Advocator

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Disenfranchisement

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Marginalization

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Receptive

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Willing to consider new ideas

43
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Immerse

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Commit

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Morbid

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Twisted

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Withering

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Fading away

46
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Odious

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Hideous

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Odiously

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In an offensive and hateful manner

48
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Nefarious

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Describe a person’s actions as nefarious if they are evil or wicked. Batman and Superman are always fighting evildoers and stopping their nefarious plots.