WOTD 1'2

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WOTD 1.2

• Begrudge
• Condescend
• Coalesce
• Culpable
• Demographic
• Dichotomy

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Begrudge v, to hold against, to have envy or
anger towards

• The veteran worker smiled, not letting it show
  that he begrudged the young executive his college
  degree and fast-track promotions.

Condescend v, to speak down to a subordinate
to behave like a superior.

• The mom admonished her teen daughter in a
  condescending tone, speaking as if the daughter
  was only five years old.

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Coalesce v, when two or more things (concepts,
ideas, events, people) come together to make a
greater, single one.

• It seemed that fate, luck, perseverance,
  determination, and skill coalesced to bring the
  Red Sox their first championship since 1918.

Culpable adj, worthy of blame seems likely to
be responsible for

• In a rare move, Pat and Oscars assumed
  culpability for the lettuce based e-coli problems
  even though the true source was the lettuce
  company..

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Demographic n, the statistical information about
groups of people

• Quiksilver knows its sales demographic goes
  beyond surfers, thus their presence in places
  like Kansas City makes sense.

Dichotomy n, a division of entities into
specific groups of two.

• The pop-culture dichotomy designed to create an
  us-vs-them setting usually begins,There are
  two kinds of people in this world.