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Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym |
psychiatry | noun | She studied to become a Doctor of psychiatry. | branch of medicine of mental disorders |
punctilious | adj. | He had a most punctilious demeanor. | strict attention to minute details |
punctuate | verb | They punctuated his lecture with questions. | to interrupt periodically |
pungent | adj. | Pungent odors came from her kitchen. | affecting organs of taste or smell |
purport | verb | She constantly purports to be altruistic, | to have or present a false appearance |
quake | verb | When confronted he started to quake with fear. | to shake or tremble |
noun | The quake of 1962 damaged our home. | an earthquake | |
quaver | verb | From fear his voice began to quaver. | to speak in a quivering voice |
quota | noun | Each person will receive a quota to produce. | a production assignment |
rabies | noun | The bite from a bat gave her rabies. | an acute, infectious, often fatal disease |