distinctive
/dɪˈstɪŋktɪv/
adjective
possessing a quality that is noticeable and different
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1Are distinctive.
2The symptoms were distinctive.
3So the court maneuver in trademark law about is not distinctive.
4Their coloring is distinctive.
5The wings are distinctive with their brilliant silvery blue color.
dual
/ˈduəɫ/, /ˈduɫ/
adjective
having or consisting of two aspects or parts
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1First up is dual processing.
2I have dual pintails.
3The two ports here are dual output.
4- You get dual zippers.
5- You have dual citizenship.
exceptional
/ɪkˈsɛpʃənəɫ/
adjective
unusual
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1This one looks exceptional.
2The breadth of her knowledge and of her work is exceptional.
3The throttle response is exceptional.
4Your performance was exceptional.
5The view from this balcony is exceptional.
excess
/ˈɛkˌsɛs/, /ɪkˈsɛs/
adjective
much more than the desirable or required amount
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1- Shake off the excess.
2Shake off excess flour.
3Excess pollination will create lots of brown webbing.
4Shake off excess, oops.
5Shake off any excess.
exclusive
/ɪkˈskɫusɪv/
adjective
limited to or available to only a specific group, individual, or category
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1When a new drug comes to market, the FDA gives the drug company exclusive rights to produce and market the drug until their patent runs out.
2A graphics card so exclusive you can only get it in this machine.
3Those cosmologies are not mutually exclusive.
4- Tater tot is exclusive to Ore-Ida? -
5He demands exclusive loyalty.
explicit
/ɪksˈpɫɪsət/
adjective
expressed very clearly, leaving no doubt or confusion
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1His anger is always explicit.
2The GIF usage is explicit.
3Our first adjective is 'explicit'.
4The law is very explicit.
5The first versions of ag-gag were that explicit.
generic
/dʒəˈnɛɹɪk/
adjective
relating to or suitable for a whole group or class of things rather than a specific one
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1Generics are different though.
2Are generic medications just as good as the brand?
3In a lot of respects, the Pixel 3 phones are kind of generic.
4Current playlist offerings are more generic as well.
5They like the generics.
inadequate
/ˌɪˈnædəˌkweɪt/, /ˌɪˈnædəkwət/
adjective
not enough or not great enough
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1Parking was inadequate.
2Pain management and opioid prescribing is inadequate.
3At the same time, the government's own surveys are inadequate.
4Public water infrastructure also is inadequate.
5The biosecurity on many farms is simply inadequate.
inherent
/ɪnˈhɛɹənt/, /ɪnˈhɪɹənt/
adjective
inseparable essential part or quality of someone or something that is in their nature
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1And so that just created more inherent risk.
2Empiricism is inherent to the brain.
3Uncertainty is inherent in medicine.
4It means inherent.
5Desire is inherent within power.
insufficient
/ˌɪnsəˈfɪʃənt/
adjective
not enough in degree or amount
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1Companies will not hire someone with insufficient training or without a degree.
2In some cases, even aggressive vaccine diplomacy is insufficient.
3Federal prosecutors cited insufficient evidence today.
4art were insufficient.
5The word profound is simply insufficient.
integral
/ˈɪnəɡɹəɫ/, /ˈɪntəɡɹəɫ/
adjective
considered a necessary and important part of something
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1Their design is integral to the mechanics of the fight.
2Garfield's speech was integral to the crime of impersonation.
3Service to humanity is integral to Harvard Medical School's mission.
4Charles' constant display of manipulation in the form of affection was integral to the tight-knit status of the Manson Family as a whole.
5The argument is integral to the question itself.
intermediate
/ˌɪnɝˈmidiɪt/, /ˌɪntɝˈmidiɪt/
adjective
being between two levels, points, stages, etc.
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1One of Wegener's biggest supporters, Alexander Du Toit, proposed an intermediate stage.
2These words are for intermediate students.
3Intermediates do not patronize refreshment-rooms.
4It's all intermediated now.
5Intermediate values are selected for.
lesser
/ˈɫɛsɝ/
adjective
not as great or important as something or someone else
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1The third one is lesser known.
2Lesser known groups, like Chicago’s Gangster Disciples, have about 50,000 members.
3- Do you feel like a lesser famous Leonardo DiCaprio?
4When the Soviet union ended, the KGB was replaced with the lesser known FSK, and then the FSB which reportedly operated similarly.
5Here are 5 lesser known Amazon Prime Benefits.
magical
/ˈmædʒɪkəɫ/
adjective
related to or practicing magic
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1Your voice is magical.
2The view is magical.
3This place is magical.
4This place is magical.
5The experience is magical.
magnetic
/mæɡˈnɛtɪk/
adjective
(physics) possessing the attribute of attracting metal objects such as iron or steel
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1Magnetic north is different.
2One of them is magnetic.
3- These Beats are magnetic.
4Magnetic interaction is much weaker.
5The remote control holder is magnetic.
mere
/ˈmɪɹ/
adjective
not being more than; emphasizing the insignificance or unimportance of someone or something
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1The rest of scripture is mere commentary.
2The elites to whom the rest of us mere plebes look on in awe.
3Mere experts would suffice.
4Your shouts of liberty and equality, your sermons and thanksgivings are mere hypocrisy.
5Mere bribery probably understates the magnitude of the malfeasance here.
peculiar
/pəkˈjuɫjɝ/, /pɪkˈjuɫjɝ/
adjective
not considered usual or normal
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1He’s peculiar.
2The tastes of the duke were peculiar.
3That was peculiar.
4And the punctuation is most peculiar.'
5- That is peculiar.
respective
/ɹiˈspɛktɪv/, /ɹɪˈspɛktɪv/
adjective
related or belonging separately to each of the things or people mentioned
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1So what are their respective Price to Earnings ratios?
2The Revolutionary War, Burr and Hamilton start their respective war careers.
3Overnight, logistics workers arranged the different teamsfreight into their respective paddocks.
4Each one must then attend to his respective chores.
5Things occupy different stations in their respective existences.
scattered
/ˈskætɝd/
adjective
happening at irregular intervals or spread far apart over various locations
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1These body parts are just a few scattered pages in a larger story about our evolution.
2So one problem is called scattered mind, in Sanskrit, vikshepa.
3Scattered means unorganized.
4So this scattered group of independent colonists gradually came together to form one united nation, not the goal but the outcome.
5The Han also received scattered pieces of information about the Roman state, its people and its government apparatus in a somewhat fragmented way.
selective
/səˈɫɛktɪv/
adjective
(of a person) careful in choosing
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1But caddisfly tape is selective.
2One of these unconscious processes is selective perception.
3Selective perception works like a filter.
4One of them is Selective Color.
5And their attention issue is selective.
serial
/ˈsɪˌɹiəɫ/
adjective
occurring regularly one after another
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1We interview more serial killers.
2Serial SIM swappers, rejoice.
3- Which one's the serial number?
4Do all of them have serial numbers?
5We have serial monogamy.
sheer
/ˈʃɪɹ/
adjective
(used for emphasis) nothing other than; complete
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1That sheer expansion of scale gives me perspective.
2What makes meningitis so dangerous compared to other diseases is the sheer speed with which it invades a person’s body.
3All kitchen shears scissors, but not all scissors are kitchen sheers.
4Experts site sheer drop-offs, deep canyons, extreme temperature fluctuations and even dangerous wildlife as possible explanations for this troubling trend.
5White sheers on the windows, surface a smooth transition between the bright sunlight and a cool interior.
sole
/ˈsoʊɫ/
adjective
being the only one
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1What is a dog handler's sole responsibility?
2Different numbers mean a different sole.
3Sole, spelled like your shoe.
4Most aircraft parts are sole source.
5We apply the sole.
specialized
/ˈspɛʃəˌɫaɪzd/
adjective
made or designed for a specific function
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1This adaptation has to do with a specialized enzyme: lactase.
2These repair pathways all rely on specialized enzymes.
3The world is very specialized.
4They also add specialized equipment.
5A butcher shop is a little bit more specialized.
stark
/ˈstɑɹk/
adjective
utter and complete
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1It's a stark difference when you are just one of everybody else versus being the black guy.
2This stands in stark contrast to the picture we get from Camus, who said that we are all the determiners of the value of our own lives.
3So the center of the city is quite stark.
4The difference was stark.
5The contrast is stark for the children.
comparable
/ˈkɑmpɝəbəɫ/, /kəmˈpɛɹəbəɫ/, /kəmpɹəbəɫ/
adjective
having a similar ground that justifies making a comparison
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1My state is only moderately comparable.
2The system performance of both vehicles is comparable.
3So the fuel consumption is directly comparable.
4Comparable inferior, that makes no sense.
5The daiya is comparable.
corresponding
/ˌkɔɹəˈspɑndɪŋ/
adjective
connected with or similar to something that has just been stated
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1And the corresponding side on the big triangle, is 6.
2Take the corresponding player board, buildings, and ownership tokens.
3Here are their corresponding sections.
4The corresponding chest electrodes serve as the positive poles.
5And every symbol has a corresponding image.
supreme
/səˈpɹim/, /sɝˈpɹim/
adjective
having the highest position or rank
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1- Supreme style, got it.
2Cupcakes reign supreme in Washington, DC.
3The philosophy of mercantilism reigned supreme as the most persuasive theory of economics until the 9th of March 1776 the publication date of possibly the most important book in the history of the modern world.
4My happiness was supreme!
5Burger supreme, chicks avocado with the dressing on the side.
terminal
/ˈtɝmənəɫ/
adjective
(of an illness) having no cure and gradually leading to death
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1The terminal has two MetroNap sleep pods.
2Where is my terminal?
3They have terminal illnesses.
4Do both terminals.
5Failure is not terminal.
timely
/ˈtaɪmɫi/
adverb
occurring or done at precisely the right time
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183% of CDC's FOIA responses were responded to timely.
2The notifications are timely.
3It feels timely.
4The preparations for war were timely indeed.
5- It's timely.
tremendous
/tɹəˈmɛndəs/, /tɹɪˈmɛndəs/
adjective
extremely great or large
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1The results were tremendous.
2The challenge of the actors was tremendous.
3The portion sizes are tremendous.
4Coffee’s effects as a stimulant is tremendous.
5Blueberries are tremendous.
troubled
/ˈtɹəbəɫd/
adjective
(of a person) anxious or worried
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1No community was more troubled by this turn than that of radical allies, abolitionists and women's rights advocates.
2People are very troubled by this election.
3Calming troubled minds.
4Things weren't always troubled, of course.
5But even the mansion's more recent history is troubled.
underlying
/ˌəndɝˈɫaɪɪŋ/
adjective
important but not very obvious or noticeable
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1The underlying composition, however, follows a blueprint.
2So the onion just brings an underlying structure to the sauce.
3The underlying stuff determines the higher level laws, but not vice versa.
4Here is the underlying point.
5First, choose an underlying.
unprecedented
/ənˈpɹɛsɪˌdɛntɪd/
adjective
never having existed or happened before
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1This time is unprecedented.
2Obviously, your organizational skills were unprecedented.
3In 2005, the Ballard area of Seattle experienced unprecedented growth.
4This degree of growth is unprecedented in the United States.
5A democracy theory of value, of course, is entirely unprecedented.
upcoming
/ˈəpˌkəmɪŋ/
adjective
about to come to pass
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1Plug my upcoming even on HBO Night of Too Many Stars.
2Iggy Azalea has upcoming shows?
3But anyhow, here are the upcoming webcasts.
4Now the avoided cost or the John Macomber: upcoming event is much more expensive.
5But this upcoming theory suggests a more futuristic angle.
vague
/ˈveɪɡ/
adjective
unclear and without going into details enough
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1And, of course, this boundary is vague.
2And the people are usually vague.
3The records of William Buckley’s early life are vague at best.
4Kirby’s origins are vague.
5First off, the new Conor's trash talk is far more vague with hardly any imagery.
varied
/ˈvɛɹid/
adjective
including or consisting of many different types
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1The motives were varied.
2The size of the particles is much more varied.
3The size of the particles is much more varied.
4Their backgrounds are varied.
5The culture of street food in India, or Chaat, is incredibly varied.
vulnerable
/ˈvəɫnɝəbəɫ/
adjective
prone to harm or abuse, either emotionally or physically; exposed
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1The Behala district, one of the oldest residential areas, and the Salt Lake area are particularly vulnerable.
2The whole world is vulnerable.
3Our country is vulnerable.
4Eight, be vulnerable.
5Today's word is vulnerable.
worthwhile
/ˈwɝθˈwaɪɫ/
adjective
important or useful; worth the time, money, or effort that is spent on it
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1It's worthwhile.
2This video is already worthwhile from the smell alone.
3It's worthwhile.
4Was his purpose worthwhile?
5"It's worthwhile".
topnotch
/tˈɑːpnɑːtʃ/
adjective
having the highest standard or quality
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1I want to give you a topnotch SHOWCASE and It Starts with a fantastic trip to my Favorite American City, the Big Apple, CHICAGO.
2All of the leathers I’ve seen from Hermes are of outstanding, topnotch quality.
3In my customer service test, I've been impressed with Jet.com and I will tell you Amazon, topnotch customer service, guaranteed, they are unbelievable there as well.
4- Today, topnotch Valentine's Day chocolate deals round two!
5But really, the monster action in this movie is topnotch across the board.
decadent
/ˈdɛkədənt/
adjective
having or showing a luxurious or sensual lifestyle, often in a way that is considered excessive or morally corrupt
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1The business of poker is decadent.
2It's decadent.
3Feeling decadent?
4This dessert is so decadent.
5This dessert is so decadent.
homely
/ˈhoʊmɫi/
adjective
comfortable and cozy in a way that gives a sense of being at home
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1-It's homely.
2okay she's homely
3okay we describers homely
4You are kind of homely.
5It's very homely in a good sense of a term.

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