Definition: a fake; a person who falsely claims to have some special skill or knowledge

Derivative: charlatans

Sentence: Anyone who claims to know the future is a charlatan.

Part of Speech: noun Link: anyone

Definition: to support; strengthen with further evidence; provide proof of

Derivatives: corroborates,corroborated, corroborating

Sentence: You need a witness to corroborate your story about why you were out so late.

Part of Speech: verb

Link: out so late

Definition: to spread or scatter widely; distribute

Derivative: disseminates

Sentence: They will demonstrate in order to disseminate their point of view.

Part of Speech: verb

Link: demonstrate

Definition: to branch off in adifferent direction from thesame starting point; to becomedifferent

Derivatives: diverges, diverged,diverging

Sentence: The two cars will diverge when they see that the roads don’t merge.

Part of Speech: verb Link: don’t merge

Definition: inactive; alive but notactively growing, as if asleep

Derivative: dormancy

Sentence: The dog may be dormant, but do not step on him. He is not a door mat.

Part of Speech: adjective

Link: door mat

Definition: to lift, especiallywith some mechanical means,like a cable

Derivatives: hoists, hoisted,hoisting

Sentence: They rejoiced when the crane was able to hoist the heavy load.

Part of Speech: verb

Link: rejoiced

Definition: illegal

Derivatives: illicitly

Sentence: Before you miss it, someone could steal your debit card and use it for illicit activities.

Part of Speech: adjective

Link: miss it

Definition: not able to be canceled or undone; irreversible

Derivative: irrevocably

Sentence: Once he threw the snowball it was irrevocable.

Part of Speech: adjective

Link: snowball

Definition: to cause to happenquickly, suddenly, or sooner thanexpected

Derivatives: precipitates,precipitated, precipitating

Sentence: Someone who precipitates danger is that daredevil Evil Knievel whotempts his fate with his amazing stunts.

Part of Speech: verb

Link: tempts his fate

Definition: a rapid spread orincrease

Derivatives: proliferated,proliferating

Sentence: The busiest rooster in the nation can cause a proliferation of baby chicks.

Part of Speech: noun

Link: in the nation