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degenerative(adj.)
original context
But you'd never know that from reading the press. Take a recent miracle procedure for multiple sclerosis. MS is a degenerative disease with no cure.

Definition
(of illness) marked by gradual deterioration of organs and cells along with loss of function

Forms
adj.

degenerate

n.

degenerate

degeneration

degeneracy

vi.

degenerate

vt.

degenerate

Sentences
1. Retinitis pigments is a degenerative disease in which light receptors in the retina, on the back of the eyeball, gradually cease to function

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cascade(n. v.)
original context
In sufferers, the immune system attacks the protective layer around the nerves, disturbing the communication between brain and body — and causing a cascade of devastating symptoms: unsteady and jerking movements; loss of vision, bladder and bowel control; and eventually, early death.

Definition
n.
1. a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower
2. a succession of stages or operations or processes or units
3. a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls
v.
1. rush down in big quantities, like a cascade
2.arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible

Common usage
cascade control

cascade development

cascade system

cascade impactor

Sentences
Any of the previously mentioned attributes will cascade if applied to an
It should not have a cascade of menus or waterfall of words in which the user will get lost.

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counterintuitive(adj.)
original context
The research was counterintuitive, it gave people with the disease hope, and it had an appealing personal tale behind it, involving one man's quest to save his wife

Definition
1. contrary to what common sense would suggest
2. (of an idea, proposal, etc) seemingly contrary to common sense

Sentences
1. The method is based on “the friendship paradox” — the counterintuitive idea that your friendshave more friends than you do.
2. What is remarkable though is how counterintuitive so much of this success has been

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miraculous(adj.)
original context
This means real insights don't come by way of miraculous, one-off findings or divinely ordained eureka moments; they happen after a long, plodding process of vetting and repeating tests, and peer-to-peer discussi

Definition
1.  If you describe a good event as miraculous, you mean that it is very surprising and unexpected.
2. If someone describes a wonderful event as miraculous, they believe that the event was caused by God.

Forms
miracle

adv.

miraculously

n.

miracle

Sentences
They both—at least according to a 2010 NFL on FOX commercial—possess miraculous transportive faculties.

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consensus(n.)
original context
We don't wait for scientific consensus; we report a little too early, and we lead

patients and policymakers down wasteful, harmful, or redundant paths that end

in dashed hope and failed medicine.

Definition
1. A consensus is general agreement among a group of people.
2. agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole

Forms
consent

adj.

consentaneous

n.

consent

vi.

consent

Sentences
1.However, earnings from continuing operations have exceeded consensus estimates in the past four quarters
2.Trying to get a UN consensus may be Ambassador John Bolton's first major assignment.

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rally(v.)
original context
In Massachusetts, where more than a foot of snow fell on the state on Tuesday,

students rallied at the statehouse and call for change

Definition
1.a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm
2.the feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort"he singled to start a rally in the 9th inning"; " he feared the rallying of their troops for a counterattack"
3.a marked recovery of strength or spirits during an illness
4.an automobile race run over public roads
5.(sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes"after a short rally Connors won the point"

Forms
rallies

rallied
rallying

Sentences
The Yankees rallied to the ninth last night only to lose to Toronto in the 14th.

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escort(n. v.)
original context
In Silver Spring, Md., a long line of sign-holding students walked down a major street,

with a police escort blocking traffic.

Definition
1.If you escort someone somewhere, you accompany them there, usually in order to make sure that they leave a place or get to their destination.
2.An escort is a person who travels with someone in order to protect or guard them.
3.f someone is taken somewhere under escort, they are accompanied by guards, either because they have been arrested or because they need to be protected.
4. An escort is a person who accompanies another person of the opposite sex to a social event. Sometimes people are paid to be escorts

Word pairs
escort vessel

fighter escort

Armed escort

to escort

Sentences
At night, the police are supposed to provide an escort for a woman about to give birth

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branch(n. v.)
original context
According to EMPOWER, the youth branch of the Women's March, more than 3,130

school walkouts were scheduled across the country, as NPR's Adrienne St. Clair

reports.

Definition
1.an administrative division of some larger or more complex organization
2.a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
3. a part of a forked or branching shape
4. a natural consequence of development
5. a stream or river connected to a larger one
(v.)6. grow and send out branches or branch-like structures

Forms
adj.

branching

branched

branchless

branchy

n.

branching

v.

branching

branched

Sentences
1. He only applied for a job as a branch manager with Hertz to please his mother.
2. His speciality was psychology -- one important branch on the great tree of knowledge

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disciplinary(adj.)
original context
Others emphasize that normal

school rules are still in place, and leaving class or campus without permission will

result in disciplinary action.

Definition
ADJ Disciplinary bodies or actions are concerned with making sure that people obey rules or regulations and that they are punished if they do not.

Forms
adj.

disciplined

disciplinarian

disciplinal

n.

discipline

disciplinarian

v.

disciplined

vt.

discipline

Sentences
1. "The disciplinary commission is an independent organ, " said a Fifa spokesman. "It will decide if the case is of interest.
2. The IPCC concluded that the actions of the officers were "reasonable" and they should not face-disciplinary action over the incident.

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incorporate
original context
Some administrators promoted alternative forms of protest, like a moment of silence,

or found ways to incorporate the protest into a lesson.

Definition
1.make into a whole or make part of a whole
2. include or contain; have as a component
3. form a corporation
4. unite or merge with something already in existence

Forms
1. If one thing incorporates another thing, it includes the other thing.
2. If someone or something is incorporated into a large group, system, or area, they become a part of it.

Sentences
Languages tend to incorporate patterns and other common idioms, where they disappear as part of the language abstraction itself.