Vocabulary+Grammar


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__Accurate__: Conforming exactly to fact; errorless. Deviating only slightly or within acceptable limits from a standard. Capable of providing a correct reading or measurement: an accurate scale. Acting or performing with care and precision; meticulous
 * Meanings of 10 new words:**

__Advocate__: To speak, plead, or argue in favor of. One that argues for a cause; a supporter or defender: an advocate of civil rights. One that pleads in another's behalf; an intercessor: advocates for abused children and spouses. A lawyer.

__Brief__: Short in time, duration, length, or extent. Succinct; concise: a brief account of the incident. Curt; abrupt.

__Cease__: To put an end to; discontinue: The factory ceased production. To come to an end; stop: a process that never ceases. To stop performing an activity or action; desist.

__Confine__: To keep within bounds; restrict: Please confine your remarks to the issues at hand. See Synonyms at [|limit]. To shut or keep in, especially to imprison. To restrict in movement.

__Diminish__: To make smaller or less or to cause to appear so.To detract from the authority, reputation, or prestige of. To cause to taper. //Music// To reduce (a perfect or minor interval) by a semitone.

__Erode__: To wear (something) away by or as if by abrasion: Waves eroded the shore. To eat into; corrode. To make or form by wearing away: The river eroded a deep valley. To cause to diminish or deteriorate as if by eating into or wearing away.

__Input__: Something put into a system or expended in its operation to achieve output or a result, especially: The act of putting in
 * a.** Energy, work, or power used to drive a machine.
 * b.** Current, electromotive force, or power supplied to an electric circuit, network, or device.
 * c.** //Computer Science// Information put into a communications system for transmission or into a computer system for processing.
 * d.** //Computer Science// A position, terminal, or station at which input enters a system.
 * e.** Any of the items, including materials, equipment, and funds, required for production.

__Scheme__: A systematic plan of action: "Did you ever carry out your scheme of writing a series of sonnets embodying all the great epochs of art?" A secret or devious plan; a plot. An orderly combination of related parts: an irrigation scheme with dams, reservoirs, and channels. A chart, diagram, or outline of a system or object.

__Trigger__: The lever pressed by the finger to discharge a firearm. A similar device used to release or activate a mechanism. An event that precipitates other events. //Electronics// A pulse or circuit that initiates the action of another component