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Can someone please give definitions and sentences to these words? I know these are simple words but I need them quickly.

Apparent
Bureau
Colonel
Committee
Computers
Confident
Cousin
Daughter
Deceive
Envelope
Excellent
Familiar
Favorite
Ghetto
Illegal
Inconvenient
Lightning
Rhythm
Ridiculous

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Apparent: capable of being easily perceived or understood; plain or clear

  • Her crush was apparent to all but its object.

Bureau: a division of a government department or an independent administrative unit; an office for collecting or distributing news or information, coordinating work, or performing specified services

  • The Federal Bureau of Intelligence deals with safeguarding national security.

Colonel: an officer in the U.S. Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps ranking between lieutenant colonel and brigadier general: corresponding to a captain in the U.S. Navy; a commissioned officer of similar rank in the armed forces of some other nations

  • The colonel commanded a large regiment.

Committee: a person or group of persons elected or appointed to perform some service or function, as to investigate, report on, or act upon a particular matter

  • The city committee was undecided on whether to fund a new park.

Computers: programmable electronic devices designed to accept data, perform prescribed mathematical and logical operations at high speed, and display the results of these operations

  • The computers were all the latest technology.

Confident: having strong belief or full assurance

  • He was confident in his ability to ace the test.

Cousin: one related by descent in a diverging line from a known common ancestor, as from one's grandparent or from one's father's or mother's sister or brother

  • His cousin always came for Christmas.

Daughter: a female child in relation to her parents

  • The daughter made her parents very proud.

Deceive: to mislead by a false appearance or statement; delude

  • It is wrong to deceive your brother, Mary.

Envelope: a flat paper container, as for a letter or thin package, usually having a gummed flap or other means of closure

  • The letter was placed in the envelope and mailed promptly.

Excellent: possessing outstanding quality or superior merit

  • The class average SAT score was excellent.

Familiar: commonly or generally known or seen; well-acquainted; thoroughly conversant

  • They were familiar with the city.

Favorite: a person or thing regarded with special favor or preference

  • My favorite color is blue.

Ghetto: a section of a city, especially a thickly populated slum area, inhabited predominantly by members of an ethnic or other minority group, often as a result of social pressures or economic hardships

  • He was fortunate enough not to live in the ghetto.

Illegal: forbidden by law or statute

  • In Denver, it is illegal to make a U-turn.

Inconvenient: not suiting one's needs or purposes

  • The party time was quite inconvenient.

Lightning: a brilliant electric spark discharge in the atmosphere, occurring within a thundercloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the ground

  • The lightning flashed brightly across the sky.

Rhythm: movement or procedure with uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat, accent, or the like

  • She walked the street with a precise rhythm.

Ridiculous: causing or worthy of ridicule or derision; absurd

  • The little boy thought the clown looked ridiculous.

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