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Posted in English learning by maxweberko on February 11, 2008
  coalesce verb [ intrans. ]
come together and form one mass or whole : the puddles had coalesced into shallow streams | the separate details coalesce to form a single body of scientific thought.
• [ trans. ] combine (elements) in a mass or whole : to help coalesce the community, they established an office.
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fraternity noun ( pl. -ties)
1 [treated as sing. or pl. ] a group of people sharing a common profession or interests : members of the hunting fraternity.
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trajectory trajectory |trəˈjektərē|
noun ( pl. -ries)
1 the path described by a projectile flying or an object moving under the action of given forces.
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platitude platitude |ˈplatiˌt(y)oōd|
noun
a remark or statement, esp. one with a moral content, that has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful : she began uttering liberal platitudes.
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incommensurable adjective
1 not able to be judged by the same standard as something; having no common standard of measurement : the two types of science are incommensurable.
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