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Continue the August challenge of increasing verbal fluency in Spanish by learning 22 words every two days. Here you are the vocabulary template corresponding to days 25 and 26, which are days 237th and 238th of the year. The same ones in which the Spanish philosopher Jose Ortega y Gasset returned to Spain (26/8/1945), in which the British actor Sean Connery (August 25, 1930) and the French chemist Antoine L. Lavoisier (August 26, 1743) were born and in which the writer Emilio Salgari (August 25, 1863), the American astronaut Neil A. Armstrong (August 25, 2002) and the philosopher and psychologist William James (August, 26, 1910) died.
1.- estímulo/s el, los (stimulus, incentive) = what stimulates or prompts to act or to do something
2.- injusto/s (unjust, unfair) = that is not fair
3.- manipulación/-ciones la, las (manipulation) = domain that is exercised over what another person thinks or wants
4.- rescate/s el, los (rescue) = money that is paid to free someone who is kidnapped
5.- bilateral/es (bilateral) = that in which both parties are involved in
6.- teletrabajo/s el, los (teleworking) = work done outside the company using a telecommunication system
7.- quebradero/s el, los (worry) = that worries
8.- ofensiva/s (offensive) = what is used to attack
9.- vivienda/s la, las (housing, house) = place intended for people to live or inhabit there
10.- aspirar (to aspire) = to want or pretend to get something
11.- acceso/s el, los (access) = entrance to get to a place
12.- sondear (to sound out) = to sound out for finding out someone’s intentions
13.- desplome/s el, los (collapse) = collapse of something
14.- diversificación/-ciones la, las (diversification) = transformation of the unique and uniform into multiple and diverse
15.- tormenta/s la, las (storm) = storm
16.- condición/-ciones la, las (condition) = requirement for something to be done.
17.- resto/s el, los (rest, remains, debris) = what remains of a whole. Also waste or scraps of something
18.- perito/s el, los (technical engineer) = technical engineer
19.- confianza/s la, las (confidence, trust) = self-confidence
20.- globo/s el, los (balloon) = flexible object made of rubber that fills with air or gas
21.- foco/s el, los (floodlight, spotlight ) = object used to illuminate
22.- aprendizaje/s el, los (apprenticeship, learning) = knowledge acquisition
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Bibliography: Diccionario de la RAE