Thursday, May 6, 2010

Inherent

"An inherent danger of life in San Francisco is possibly earthquakes."

Context Clues:
Earthquakes are bad and cause damage. Could mean unavoidable?

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Inherent

–adjective
1.
existing in someone or something as a permanent and inseparable element, quality, or attribute: an inherent distrust of strangers.
2.
Grammar. standing before a noun.
3.
inhering; infixed.

The inherent unfairness in this archaic system holds the potential for greater instability.

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