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Accrue

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Verb
To be as a increase or advantage
Happiness accrues’ when I go on a cruise.
Accrues to people is an advantage.

2
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Crescendo

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Noun
A increase and sound, mostly referring to music.
The beat to the song was like a crescendo, it slowly rose.
A crescendo of music slowly arose during the play.

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Excrescence

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Noun
Not normal growth or outgrowth
The excrescence of the man was weird, he had an extra finger.
The lady was excrescence, she had three legs.

4
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Beneficence

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Noun
Doing good
His beneficence rewarded his with a cookie.
You should have acted beneficently instead of wrecking the house.

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Efficacious

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Adjective
Effective as medicine
The efficaciousness of the medicine healed his quickly.
The medicine was not very efficacious, it didn’t work.

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Facile

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Adjective
Acting or working not too hard
He was very facile with the jab, he didn’t work too hard.
The job was so facile that a little boy could do it.

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Facsimile

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Noun
An exact copy of a book
The facsimile of the book my grandma got me was illegal.
The facsimile of Harry Potter had a copy of all the other books.

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Faction

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Noun
A group in a group, party, etc.
A little faction from the government was giving out secret papers to other countries.
The faction of friends at the party didn’t leave until five.

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Mollify

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Verb
To calm; to make softer in feeling.
I had to mollify the girl because she thought she was fat.
She mollified me when I was mad at my brother.

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Context

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Noun
Some words before or after a word or statement that form its meaning.
The context of her words show that she was very mad.
The context words after the statement shows that she doesn’t really care.

11
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Pretext

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Noun
An excuse
Her pretext was that her dog ate her homework
I had to make up a pretext for me being late for class, or else my teacher will get mad at me.