Word of the Day : Engender

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en⋅gen⋅der   [en-jen-der] –verb (used with object)

  1. to produce, cause, or give rise to: Hatred engenders violence.

I had no idea this word existed. It was one of the questions in my ethics class. “in what ways does good ethics engender good business?”

I am just wondering why they had to use such an uncommon word. I think college books do this on purpose to force you to waste time looking up the meaning of words.

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