1) Word: Histamine.
Meaning: is an important protein involved in many allergic reactions. Allergies are caused by an immune response to a normally innocuous substance (i.e. pollen, dust) that comes in contact with lymphocytes specific for that substance, or antigen.
Context: Biology class. "Article about Diseases".
2) Word: Culprit.
Meaning: A culprit, properly the prisoner at the bar, is one accused of a crime. The term is used, generally, of one guilty of an offence. In origin the word is a combination of two Anglo-French legal words, culpable, guilty, and prit or prist, i.e. prest, Old French for pret, ready. ...
Context: Biology class. "Article about Diseases".
3) Word: Posted.
Meaning: Payment received in our offices and processed by our staff and applied to the account in question. This does not refer to the date a postal transmission is initiated (postmarked) or the date of an email. It is the date actual payment is applied to the account.
Context: My Internship Site.
4) Word: Enclosed.
Meaning: "the enclosed check is to cover shipping and handling".
Context: My Internship Site.
5) Word: Capricious.
Meaning: Unpredictable; Change a lot.
Context: English SAT prep.
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