"MY VOCAB PRACTICE."

1. Originate.
   The train happens to originate in Roanoke, Virginia, and it's last stop is South Station in Boston, Massachusetts.

2. Initiate.
   She had to initiate conversation between the two parties, who had not previously been speaking to one another--it was a difficult situation.

3. Substantiate.
   The newly hired newspaper reporter had to substantiate his story and his sources before the hard-nosed editor would publish his story.

4. Validate.
   The ticket my friend had would not validate through the staff's handheld ticket reader, so the usher led my friend around the arena to their main office where she had to show her ID and re-scan her ticket.

5. Devastate.
   You could see that her friend was devastated when she learned her husband had passed away.