# | Qz | NEW WORD | VP | EXAMPLE | WORD CLASS | DEFINITION | DATE/TIME ENTERED |
1 | | copulation |
10 |
For Darwin, mate choice simply stopped at copulation. | N | sexual intercourse. | 2015.11.09 22:07
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2 | | termite |
8 |
This is no human city, of course. It is a termite mound. | N | any of numerous pale-colored, soft-bodied, chiefly tropical social insects, of the order Isoptera, that feed on wood | 2015.11.09 22:03
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3 | | emphasized |
3 |
He emphasized its importance to me. | V | to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress: | 2015.11.09 21:55
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4 | | territory |
3 |
The two sides continued to dispute the ownership of the territory. | N | any tract of land; region or district. | 2015.11.09 21:49
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5 | | elaborate |
3 |
The most elaborate Easter eggs are not even real eggs. | ADJ | worked out with great care and nicety of detail | 2015.11.09 21:45
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6 | | adolescence |
3 |
And Shipka is especially skilled at conveying the confusion, awkwardness, and anger of adolescence. | N | the process or state of growing to maturity. | 2015.11.09 21:39
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7 | | fatal |
4 |
Television, especially cable news, has a fatal weakness for the superficial and the shiny. | ADJ | causing or capable of causing death | 2015.11.09 21:31
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8 | | foresight |
9 |
I had other reasons for thinking this opinion to be a mistaken one, but this article is not about my foresight. | N | an act of looking forward | 2015.11.09 21:26
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9 | | anthropologist |
4 |
The sociologist and anthropologist answer that the work is the relationship. | N | a social scientist who specializes in anthropology. | 2015.11.09 21:23
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