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Vocabulary for Advanced Learners

The document defines a number of words related to durability, including durable, which means something that lasts a long time, and durability and duration, which refer to how long something continues or the length of time something takes. It also provides definitions and related terms for foster, gain, halt, handle, harbor, harmful, mysterious, perilous, promote, redundant, reject, substantial, and trait.

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Vocabulary for Advanced Learners

The document defines a number of words related to durability, including durable, which means something that lasts a long time, and durability and duration, which refer to how long something continues or the length of time something takes. It also provides definitions and related terms for foster, gain, halt, handle, harbor, harmful, mysterious, perilous, promote, redundant, reject, substantial, and trait.

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durable

durable
adj. something that lasts a long time
Durable family ::
n. durability
n. duration (the length of time that something continues)
Ex:
The duration of each bacterial division is called the generation
or doubling time.

Syn.
foster
foster
v. To promote growth or development

Syn.
gained

gain.
gain
v. to obtain something needed or useful;
to increase the amount of something

gain family ::
adj. gainful
n. gain

Syn.
halt
halt
v. to stop or discontinue

Halt family ::
adj. halting
Adv. haltingly
n. halt

Syn.
handle
handle
v. to deal with or control

handle family ::
n. handling

Syn.
harbored a

 Harboring

harbored
harbor
v. to give protection;
not to express a desire or opinion, usually bad

Syn.
harmful

harms
harmful
adj. something that causes pain or damage

harmful family ::
adv. harmfully
v. harm
n. harm

Syn.
insignificant
insignificant
adj. Not important ; of little value

Insignificant family ::
adv. insignificantly
n. insignificance

Syn.
mysteriously

mysterious
mysterious
adj. not easily understood or figured out

Mysterious family ::
adv. mysteriously
n. mystery
n. mysteriousness

Syn.
perilous

perilous
Perilous
adj. threatening or risky; harmful

Perilous family ::
adv. perilously
n. peril

Syn.
promoting

promote
Promote
v. to encourage or advertise; to elevate in rank or grade

promote family ::
n. promoter
(a person whose job is to promote events, activities,
products, etc)
n. promotion

Syn.
redundant
redundant
Adj. being excessive ; showing unnecessary repetition

redundant family ::
n. redundancy
Adv. redundantly

Syn.
rejected
reject
v. to refuse

reject family ::
n. rejection

Syn.
substantial
substantial
adj. important; strongly made; of value

substantial family ::
adv. substantially
adj. substantive
(dealing with things that are important or real)

Syn.
trait
trait
n. Specific qualities that distinguish one from another

Syn.

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