English vocabulary Lesson 3

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to prognosticate

/ˌpɹɑɡˈnɑstəˌkeɪt/

verb

to predict something in advance

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to detonate

/ˈdɛtəˌneɪt/

verb

to cause an explosion

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to captivate

/ˈkæptɪˌveɪt/

verb

to attract someone by being irresistibly appealing

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to decimate

/ˈdɛsəˌmeɪt/

verb

to kill large groups of people

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to satiate

/sˈeɪʃɪˌeɪt/

verb

to fully satisfy a desire or need, such as food or pleasure, often beyond capacity

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to conciliate

/kənsˈɪlɪˌeɪt/

verb

to do something that stops someone's anger or dissatisfaction, usually by being friendly or giving them what they want

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to osculate

/ˈɑːskjʊlˌeɪt/

verb

have at least three points in common with

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to fulminate

/ˈfʊɫməˌneɪt/

verb

criticize severely

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to dilate

/ˌdaɪˈɫeɪt/

verb

to increase in size or width

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to matriculate

/məˈtɹɪkjəɫeɪt/

verb

to officially enroll or register as a student at a school, college, or university

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to initiate

/ˌɪˈnɪʃiˌeɪt/

verb

to bring something into existence

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to truncate

/ˈtɹəŋˌkeɪt/

verb

to cut something short in length or duration

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to dissipate

/ˈdɪsəˌpeɪt/

verb

spend frivolously and unwisely

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to promulgate

/pɹoʊˈməɫɡeɪt/

verb

state or announce

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to depopulate

/diˈpɑpjəˌɫeɪt/

verb

reduce in population

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to amputate

/ˈæmpjəˌteɪt/

verb

to surgically remove a body part, such as a limb or organ, often due to injury, disease, or medical necessity

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to federate

/ˈfɛdɝˌeɪt/

verb

enter into a league for a common purpose

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to accumulate

/əkˈjumjəˌɫeɪt/

verb

to collect an increasing amount of something over time

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to obviate

/ˈɑbviˌeɪt/

verb

do away with

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/ˌpɹɑɡˈnɑstəˌkeɪt/

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/ˈdɛtəˌneɪt/

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/ˈkæptɪˌveɪt/

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/ˈdɛsəˌmeɪt/

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/sˈeɪʃɪˌeɪt/

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/kənsˈɪlɪˌeɪt/

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/ˈɑːskjʊlˌeɪt/

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/ˈfʊɫməˌneɪt/

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/ˌdaɪˈɫeɪt/

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/məˈtɹɪkjəɫeɪt/

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/ˌɪˈnɪʃiˌeɪt/

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/ˈtɹəŋˌkeɪt/

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/ˈdɪsəˌpeɪt/

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/pɹoʊˈməɫɡeɪt/

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/diˈpɑpjəˌɫeɪt/

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/ˈæmpjəˌteɪt/

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/ˈfɛdɝˌeɪt/

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/əkˈjumjəˌɫeɪt/

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/ˈɑbviˌeɪt/

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