Monday, July 25, 2011

Week 8 Vocabulary Definitons & Examples

1) Emerge (verb)
2) Hypothesis (noun)
3) Implicate (verb)
*** For each word, find the definition of each word.
*** Copy the example sentences provided.
1) Emerge - Ex. The sun emerged from behind the clouds and the rain and made a rainbow.
2) Hypothesis - Ex. Juan’s hypothesis concerning the cause of the accident was that the driver was distracted by texting.
3) Implicate - Ex. Smoking has been implicated to cause premature death.
Emerge: to come forth into view or notice, as from concealment or obscurity: a ghost emerging from the grave; a ship emerging from the fog.

Hypothesis: a proposition, or set of propositions, set forth as an explanation for the occurrence of some specified group of phenomena, either asserted merely as a provisional conjecture to guide investigation (working hypothesis) or accepted as highly probable in the light of established facts.

Implicate: to imply as a necessary circumstance, or as something to be inferred or understood.

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