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ASVAB Word Knowledge 1.1 Vocab List. Which of the following words can replace engenders ?
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[ musical flourish ]
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And here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by fruit,
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a tasty snack, but a completely unacceptable excuse for a dessert. [a waitress serving an apple for dessert]
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Like, come on, people. Fruit? Really?
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In our cultural studies class,
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we learned that fear
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engenders violence.
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All right, so we're looking for the word that replaces [music playing in the background]
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"engenders." And here are the potential answers.
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[ mumbles ]
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All right. Well, to engender means
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to create or produce, usually in a deep and meaningful context.
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For example, you're probably not gonna [Man making a sandwich and not liking it]
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engender yourself a sandwich, but
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rom-coms might engender unrealistic expectations
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for your love life. Let's start with A - prevents. [Man watching a Rom-com on TV]
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Well, if you're preventing something, you're keeping it from happening,
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like keeping your mom from cleaning your room.
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And we know that to engender is [Mom cleaning her kids room]
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to create something, not stop it,
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so A isn't gonna work. [Kid grabbing her secret book from her mom]
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Next up, C - substitutes.
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To substitute means to exchange one thing for another,
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like when your mom goes on a health bender and tries
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to replace cheese with, uh, [Mom adding butternut squash to the pasta]
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butternut squash.
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Her bowl of cheese-less lies
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might engender nausea, but creating
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and substituting are different things.
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So then there's D - underestimates.
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Well, an estimate is a quickly formed opinion [girl eating the butternut squash from the pasta]
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on somebody or something, so when you
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underestimate, you form an opinion that turns out
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to be too, uh, low.
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So, for example,
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you might underestimate a mouth breather's
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ability to be a good kisser. [Man and a Lady in a park on a blind date]
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Underestimating could cause
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a pleasant surprise, but it's definitely not the same as engendering.
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Which leaves us with just B - causes.
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To cause means to produce a result.
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Sound familiar? Just like trying out that scene [a man and woman getting wet in the rain]
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from The Notebook. It can cause
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two severe cases of the flu
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and it can also engender them. [Couple covered in blankets and thermometer in their mouth]
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So the correct answer is B - causes.
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And remember, the only way to keep your parents out of your stuff
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is to let go of all earthly possessions. [girl throwing her book in the garbage]
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