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Fertile |
-Adjective -(of soil or land) producing veg or crops /human-women -Synonym: able to concieve -Sentence: The fertile land made it easier for our crops to grow. |
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Abyss |
-Noun -A deep or seemingly bottomless chasm/endless space -Synonym: hole, gulf, chasm -Sentence: The long rope lead down to the large dark abyss. |
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Precarious |
-Adjective -Dangerously likely to fall -Synonym: Insecure, unpredictable -Sentence: With a precarious tilt of the bicycle, he turned and rode off. |
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Cabin Fever |
-Noun -An anxiety caused by physical isolation -Synonym: distress -Sentence: I slowly got cabin fever from being alone for too long. |
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Botanical |
-Noun - a substance obtained from a plant and used as an additive, especially in gin or cosmetics. -Synonym: any art of plants - Sentence: Many people have studied botanicals to discover treatments for dieases |
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Peruse |
-Verb -Read(something) typically in a careful way -Synonym: read, study, examine -Sentence: As I peruse this document I discover many new things. |
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Reportage |
-Noun -The reporting of news -Synonym: report -Sentence: The live medias reportage on the gorilla escaping caught a lot of attention. |
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Sepia |
-Noun -A reddish-brown color -Synonym: amber,bronze - Sentence- I took a photograph using the sepia filter. |
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Audiologists |
-Noun -The study of hearing disorders -Synonym: -Sentence: Audiologists help find ways to prevent hearing disorders and issues. |
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Dissonance |
-Noun -A harsh sound -Synonym: discord, difference -Sentence:Blowing all at once created chords of dissonance. |
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Resonance |
-Noun -The state or quality of being resonant -Synonym:positive -Sentence: We've been using resonance energy transfer to do this. |