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I'll begin by posting a word that begins with the letter 'A', followed by it's definition and, though it's not required, an example of it being used in a sentence. The rest is straight-forward. This is a chance to demonstrate your exemplary vocabulary as well as attain knowledge of words you haven't encountered. Commencons!

 

Affinity

 

-noun

 

Definition: A natural liking for or attraction to a person, thing, idea, etc.

 

Example: I have an affinity for the congenial girl in my English class.

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Cognizance

-noun

 

Definition: awareness, realization, or knowledge; notice; perception

 

Peter was cognizance of the fact that his girlfriend cheated on him with his brother.

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Defibrillator

-Noun

An electronic device that administers an electric shock of preset voltage to the heart through the chest wall in an attempt to restore the normal rhythm of the heart during ventricular fibrillation

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Defenestrate.

-verb

 

The act of throwing someone or something out of a window.

 

The furious owner of a building defenestrated an empty can of coffee.

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English is the only language on this forum.

If you use another language, you need to include a traduction

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Fractious

-adjective

 

1. Tending to cause trouble; unruly

2. Irritable; snappish; cranky

 

Everyone avoided the fractious girl at school.

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Idiom

 

-noun

 

An expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements.

 

Spank the monkey is an idiom meaning to masturbate.

 

 

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