acutely
/əkˈjutɫi/
adverbin a way that is too extreme or intense
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1. Health care workers on the front lines are feeling the pressure acutely, not to mention the concerns for their own risks and for their families.
2. But the business model is acutely problematic.
3. It gets acutely personal.
4. These magazines were acutely aware of their differences from the popular literary magazines of the nineteenth century, general interest popular magazines of the twentieth century, magazines with wide circulation, polite audiences.
5. you are acutely aware of your own shortcomings.
eventful
/iˈvɛntfəɫ/, /ɪˈvɛntfəɫ/
adjectivefilled with important, exciting, or dangerous events
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1. The 15th century was very eventful.
2. Elsewhere in Syria, the withdrawal is less eventful.
3. Is it eventful?
4. His second visit in 1898 was even more eventful.
5. His life was not only long but also very eventful.
daredevil
/ˈdɛɹˌdɛvəɫ/
adjectivereckless and willing to do dangerous things
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1. Daredevil actually has a super problem, as he's blind.
2. That's Daredevil.
3. Daredevil: That's right.
4. This next daredevil failed a spot check in the most shocking way.
5. Daredevil climbs the Eiffel Tower.
guarded
/ˈɡɑɹdəd/, /ˈɡɑɹdɪd/
adjectivenot displaying feelings or giving very much information; cautious
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1. The more surveillance is INTRODUCED the more we have to be GUARDED about what we do, who we associate with.
2. I still am very GUARDED in My Own Way.
3. Instead the SERVER was being GUARDED at the Cia Facility, the CIA was protecting it, and there was a firefight.
4. It is hard to get any alone TIME because you are being GUARDED.
5. He was very GUARDED to SAY
liable
/ˈɫaɪəbəɫ/
adjectivelikely to be subject to a problem, disease, etc.
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1. Auto Zone's competitors are liable to not give up commercial auto parts retail market share without a fight either.
2. That's jointly and severally liable.
3. And in some states, the man is liable also.
4. Certainly, that person then could be liable under 1708.8.
5. And that person would be liable under section 1708.8.
notorious
/noʊˈtɔɹiəs/
adjectivefamous for being bad or evil
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1. The feasts of ancient China were notorious.
2. Another Han general - Huo Chu-ping - was notorious in his age for absolute contempt for ancient texts such as Sun Tzu.
3. This animal is notorious for its sting.
4. The illiquidity of the partnership as a result is notorious.
5. Takeout and restaurant meals are notorious for oversized portions and generous use of starch and sugar.
reckless
/ˈɹɛkɫəs/
adjectivenot caring about the possible results of one's actions that could be dangerous
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1. In the years before, Coca-Cola's international production was somewhat reckless.
2. They're reckless!
3. That was just reckless.
4. The opposite would be reckless.
5. That’s reckless.
rash
/ˈɹæʃ/
adjectivedoing things without carefully thinking about the possible outcomes
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1. So rashes are fair game.
2. Rash, that's one point. -
3. Symptoms of atopic dermatitis include rashes, redness, scaling, and occasionally small blisters.
4. Almost 20% of people with celiac disease get this rash.
5. - I have a rash.
wary
/ˈwɛɹi/
adjectiveexercising care due to thinking that someone or something could be dangerous or problematic
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1. Even so, local government officials have remained wary.
2. But the authorities were more wary.
3. Fourth, collaborate with other people, and fifth, be wary of perfectionism.
4. As a male approaches, the woodland troop is wary.
5. And others were always wary.
safe and sound
/sˈeɪf ænd sˈaʊnd/
phrasenot damaged or injured in any way
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1. Now when you consider all the places you might put your babies in order to keep them safe and sound, your mouth might seem like the, like the worst option.
2. But in fact, about two percent of fish species have evolved this peculiar trait of keeping their young, or at least their eggs, safe and sound inside their mouths.
3. As far as they are concerned, the bulk of their investment is still safe and sound, not realizing that it is already gone, used to pay off other investors and to finance a luxurious lifestyle for the con artist.
4. Luckily, astronaut Nick Hague and cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin are safe and sound back on Earth.
5. Sometimes, the rats do lose this battle, but in one study, researchers found that three quarters of the time, they survive the snake attacks and make it back to their burrows, safe and sound.
to avert
/əˈvɝt/
verbto prevent something dangerous or unpleasant from happening
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1. - Avert your gaze.
2. Crisis averted.
3. Crisis averted!
4. Avert your eyes kids!
5. Crisis averted!
to beware
/bɪˈwɛɹ/
verbto warn someone to be cautious of a dangerous person or thing
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1. Beware the participle claws!
2. Smokers Beware.
3. Boaters beware.
4. Night swimmers, beware.
5. So mom and dad beware!
to caution
/ˈkɑʃən/, /ˈkɔʃən/
verbto warn someone of something that could be difficult or dangerous
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1. Use caution.
2. say a bit more - no, no, caution.
3. Still have caution.
4. Just throw caution to the wind.
5. Caution is still advised.
to compromise
/ˈkɑmpɹəˌmaɪz/
verbto put someone or something in danger or under suspicion, particularly by being careless
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1. In 2017 a hack compromised millions of accounts.
2. Air and oxygen exchange, CO2 exchange is compromised.
3. Now compromise has different meanings.
4. This momentary feeling of relief can seriously compromise your regular posture.
5. After all, relationships take compromise.
to dare
/ˈdɛɹ/
verbto challenge someone to do something difficult, embarrassing, or risky
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1. dare you!
2. These brave young men dared the rage of the infuriated tyrant.
3. Alright, dare!
4. you dare!
5. Alright, read the dare.
to flee
/ˈfɫi/
verbto escape danger or from a place
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1. These people are fleeing war.
2. Lots of Turks flee
3. The survivors fled back to their ships.
4. Almost immediately, the Carr brothers fled.
5. Some people fled town.
to lock away
/lˈɑːk ɐwˈeɪ/
verbto place something in a container or place that can be securely fastened with a lock
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1. Locked away in Graceland, never seeing daylight.
2. Nothing but Adams locked away in hotels by his grim-faced editor, staring at the ceiling.
3. By the morning of December 6, both mother and child had been locked away and Moscow had a new ruler.
4. Now, it's safe, you're locked away.
5. The rest together with hundreds of hours of unseen footage has been locked away since 1969.
alert
/əˈɫɝt/
nouna situation where people are ready to confront a threat
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1. After a period of fighting and dying, macrophages alert the brain of the immune system: the dendritic cells.
2. Interferon activity also alerts T cells.
3. 15 minutes later, and back at Buxton Road, a brief message alerts the on-call scenes of crime officers, Karen Duncan and Elaine Reese.
4. Hot take alert!
5. Their loud calls alert the rest of the family.
distress
/dɪˈstɹɛs/
nouna situation where an airplane, ship, etc. requires help because it is in serious danger
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1. Distressing to me.
2. So let's feign distress.
3. Distressing for the world.
4. What situations distress you?
5. Usually social anxiety disorder causes distress for individuals in specific social situations or circumstances.
hazard
/ˈhæzɝd/
nouna danger; something that poses a risk or danger
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1. Hazard lost his bid for reelection by 16 votes.
2. Its hazards are hostile to us all.
3. Different problem is moral hazard.
4. But fission has its hazards.
5. - All right, hazards are on.
gamble
/ˈɡæmbəɫ/
nounan act that someone does while knowing that there is a risk but also possible success
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1. They gamble.
2. The nobles gambled all the time.
3. People gambled money on the horses.
4. I said gamble!
5. Especially gambling.
peril
/ˈpɛɹəɫ/
noungreat danger, particularly one that is fatal or causes harm
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1. I got a peril.
2. Biodiversity is in peril.
3. They understand the perils.
4. my name is peril wolf
5. The country is in peril.
menace
/ˈmɛnəs/, /ˈmɛnɪs/
nounsomeone or something that causes or is likely to cause danger or damage
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1. Locusts are an agricultural menace.
2. But now researchers are discovering a new menace: microfibers.
3. The police are a menace to ordinary civilians.
4. "Drugs are menacing our society."
5. Sure, our story needs a menace, fear, uncertainty and surprise.
precaution
/pɹiˈkɔʃən/
nounan act done to prevent something unpleasant or bad from happening
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1. - You take too many precautions.
2. You also took other precautions.
3. This process requires extraordinary precautions.
4. You must take precautions.
5. - I'm taking precautions.
refuge
/ˈɹɛfjudʒ/
nounany place that offers protection or safety
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1. Thousands sought refuge in local shelters.
2. In the Pompeii suburb of Oplontis a wealthy family took refuge in a basement storeroom.
3. In the Pompeii suburb of Oplontis, a wealthy family took refuge in a basement storeroom.
4. The civilians sought refuge in air-raid shelters.
5. We took refuge upstairs.
death toll
/dˈɛθ tˈoʊl/
nounthe number of individuals who die as a result of an accident, war, etc.
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1. L.a. county's Public Health director breaking down in TEARS over the growing Death Toll.
2. Later today the L.A. Health director break down in TEARS over the Death Toll.
3. Unfortunately the Death Toll there is still significant.
4. We're not going to inflate a Death Toll.
5. That is what is driving this Death Toll.
rescue
/ˈɹɛskju/
nounthe action of saving someone or something or being saved from something unpleasant or dangerous
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1. Crews rescued five survivors.
2. This project rescues diaries.
3. The lifeboats only rescued thirteen people from the water.
4. Rescuing clandestine agents and political refugees.
5. Rescuing clandestine agents and political refugees.
safeguard
/ˈseɪfˌɡɑɹd/
nounan act, law, rule, etc. that protects someone or something against danger or harm
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1. This system has no safeguards.
2. That safeguards the delicate bones there.
3. Angela Davis safeguarded her work against loss.
4. What are those safeguards?
5. Those labels do not safeguard the animals.
cowardice
/ˈkaʊɝdəs/
nounthe quality of not having courage
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1. Ah, my cowardice is revealed!
2. This is peak football cowardice.
3. Your cowardice has now sealed your fate.
4. Suicide is not an act of cowardice.
5. In fact, the opposite is cowardice.
boldness
/ˈboʊɫdnəs/
nounthe quality of willing to take risks and not being afraid
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1. His boldness again caught the attention of his superiors.
2. You have the boldness of a much younger woman.
3. I like the boldness of this.
4. It's going to be boldness.
5. Seagulls are notorious for their boldness.
madness
/ˈmædnəs/
nounvery stupid behavior that could develop into a dangerous situation
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1. This thing turned into madness.
2. Mutant madness hits SECRET EMPIRE UNITED #1.
3. The narrative was madness.
4. The madness is over!
5. Will madness ever end?
AWOL
/ˈeɪˌwɔɫ/
adjectivereferring to something that is stolen or not in its usual place
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1. [SPEAKING RUSSIAN] SHANE SMITH: Jason's gone AWOL.
2. This is more like going AWOL.
3. Some however go AWOL with the intention to leave the military permanently.
4. You went AWOL to come back to this?
5. - Thanks for watching this week's episode of Really Dough, some good news, Scott's gone AWOL.
