to support; strengthen with further evidence; provide proof of

One source is not enough to make a claim. You must have two or three sources to _______________ your claim.

to branch off in different directions from the same starting point; to become different

The river _______________ into two branches just north of our house.

inactive; alive but not actively growing, as if asleep

Some types of grass become _______________ during the winter, so the lawns look dead, but they come right back to life in the spring.

Just because he didn’t get caught doesn’t mean that what he did wasn’t _______________.

not able to be canceled or undone; irreversible

Things that we say are _______________, so we must think before we speak. The same is true of what we post on the Internet; whether we delete it or not, it is still out there.

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

During the Middle Ages and for many years later, _______________ would sell dirty water and claim that it would cure all kinds of illness.

to spread or scatter widely; distribute

When replanting our lawn, we used a seeder to _______________ the grass seed evenly.

to lift, especially with some mechanical means, like a cable

We watched as the tiny crane _______________ the giant boat and then dropped it on the pier.

to cause to happen quickly, suddenly, or sooner than expected

Tanya’s purchase of a new car was _______________ by someone hitting her broad-side and totaling her otherwise perfectly good car.

The _______________ of ladybugs and box alder bugs prompted us to call an exterminator.

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Hourigan, 11-5

Hourigan--Everyday Vocabulary, Unit 1, Ch. 5

term	definition or sentence
corroborate	to support; strengthen with further evidence; provide proof of
corroborate	One source is not enough to make a claim. You must have two or three sources to _______________ your claim.
diverge	to branch off in different directions from the same starting point; to become different
diverge	The river _______________ into two branches just north of our house.
dormant	inactive; alive but not actively growing, as if asleep
dormant	Some types of grass become _______________ during the winter, so the lawns look dead, but they come right back to life in the spring.
illicit	illegal
illicit	Just because he didn’t get caught doesn’t mean that what he did wasn’t _______________.
irrevocable	not able to be canceled or undone; irreversible
irrevocable	Things that we say are _______________, so we must think before we speak. The same is true of what we post on the Internet; whether we delete it or not, it is still out there.
charlatan	a fake; a person who falsely claims to have some special skill or knowledge
charlatan	During the Middle Ages and for many years later, _______________ would sell dirty water and claim that it would cure all kinds of illness.
disseminate	to spread or scatter widely; distribute
disseminate	When replanting our lawn, we used a seeder to _______________ the grass seed evenly.
hoist	to lift, especially with some mechanical means, like a cable
hoist	We watched as the tiny crane _______________ the giant boat and then dropped it on the pier.
precipitate	to cause to happen quickly, suddenly, or sooner than expected
precipitate	Tanya’s purchase of a new car was _______________ by someone hitting her broad-side and totaling her otherwise perfectly good car.
proliferation	a rapid spread or increase
proliferation	The _______________ of ladybugs and box alder bugs prompted us to call an exterminator.

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