distinctive
/dɪˈstɪŋktɪv/
adjectivepossessing a quality that is noticeable and different
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1. Are distinctive.
2. The symptoms were distinctive.
3. So the court maneuver in trademark law about is not distinctive.
4. Their coloring is distinctive.
5. The wings are distinctive with their brilliant silvery blue color.
dual
/ˈduəɫ/, /ˈduɫ/
adjectivehaving or consisting of two aspects or parts
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1. First up is dual processing.
2. I have dual pintails.
3. The two ports here are dual output.
4. - You get dual zippers.
5. - You have dual citizenship.
exceptional
/ɪkˈsɛpʃənəɫ/
adjectiveunusual
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1. This one looks exceptional.
2. The breadth of her knowledge and of her work is exceptional.
3. The throttle response is exceptional.
4. Your performance was exceptional.
5. The view from this balcony is exceptional.
excess
/ˈɛkˌsɛs/, /ɪkˈsɛs/
adjectivemuch more than the desirable or required amount
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1. - Shake off the excess.
2. Shake off excess flour.
3. Excess pollination will create lots of brown webbing.
4. Shake off excess, oops.
5. Shake off any excess.
exclusive
/ɪkˈskɫusɪv/
adjectivelimited to or available to only a specific group, individual, or category
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1. When 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.
2. A graphics card so exclusive you can only get it in this machine.
3. Those cosmologies are not mutually exclusive.
4. - Tater tot is exclusive to Ore-Ida? -
5. He demands exclusive loyalty.
explicit
/ɪksˈpɫɪsət/
adjectiveexpressed very clearly, leaving no doubt or confusion
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1. His anger is always explicit.
2. The GIF usage is explicit.
3. Our first adjective is 'explicit'.
4. The law is very explicit.
5. The first versions of ag-gag were that explicit.
generic
/dʒəˈnɛɹɪk/
adjectiverelating to or suitable for a whole group or class of things rather than a specific one
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1. Generics are different though.
2. Are generic medications just as good as the brand?
3. In a lot of respects, the Pixel 3 phones are kind of generic.
4. Current playlist offerings are more generic as well.
5. They like the generics.
inadequate
/ˌɪˈnædəˌkweɪt/, /ˌɪˈnædəkwət/
adjectivenot enough or not great enough
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1. Parking was inadequate.
2. Pain management and opioid prescribing is inadequate.
3. At the same time, the government's own surveys are inadequate.
4. Public water infrastructure also is inadequate.
5. The biosecurity on many farms is simply inadequate.
inherent
/ɪnˈhɛɹənt/, /ɪnˈhɪɹənt/
adjectiveinseparable essential part or quality of someone or something that is in their nature
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1. And so that just created more inherent risk.
2. Empiricism is inherent to the brain.
3. Uncertainty is inherent in medicine.
4. It means inherent.
5. Desire is inherent within power.
insufficient
/ˌɪnsəˈfɪʃənt/
adjectivenot enough in degree or amount
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1. Companies will not hire someone with insufficient training or without a degree.
2. In some cases, even aggressive vaccine diplomacy is insufficient.
3. Federal prosecutors cited insufficient evidence today.
4. art were insufficient.
5. The word profound is simply insufficient.
integral
/ˈɪnəɡɹəɫ/, /ˈɪntəɡɹəɫ/
adjectiveconsidered a necessary and important part of something
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1. Their design is integral to the mechanics of the fight.
2. Garfield's speech was integral to the crime of impersonation.
3. Service to humanity is integral to Harvard Medical School's mission.
4. Charles' constant display of manipulation in the form of affection was integral to the tight-knit status of the Manson Family as a whole.
5. The argument is integral to the question itself.
intermediate
/ˌɪnɝˈmidiɪt/, /ˌɪntɝˈmidiɪt/
adjectivebeing between two levels, points, stages, etc.
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1. One of Wegener's biggest supporters, Alexander Du Toit, proposed an intermediate stage.
2. These words are for intermediate students.
3. Intermediates do not patronize refreshment-rooms.
4. It's all intermediated now.
5. Intermediate values are selected for.
lesser
/ˈɫɛsɝ/
adjectivenot as great or important as something or someone else
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1. The third one is lesser known.
2. Lesser known groups, like Chicago’s Gangster Disciples, have about 50,000 members.
3. - Do you feel like a lesser famous Leonardo DiCaprio?
4. When the Soviet union ended, the KGB was replaced with the lesser known FSK, and then the FSB which reportedly operated similarly.
5. Here are 5 lesser known Amazon Prime Benefits.
magical
/ˈmædʒɪkəɫ/
adjectiverelated to or practicing magic
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1. Your voice is magical.
2. The view is magical.
3. This place is magical.
4. This place is magical.
5. The experience is magical.
magnetic
/mæɡˈnɛtɪk/
adjective(physics) possessing the attribute of attracting metal objects such as iron or steel
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1. Magnetic north is different.
2. One of them is magnetic.
3. - These Beats are magnetic.
4. Magnetic interaction is much weaker.
5. The remote control holder is magnetic.
mere
/ˈmɪɹ/
adjectivenot being more than; emphasizing the insignificance or unimportance of someone or something
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1. The rest of scripture is mere commentary.
2. The elites to whom the rest of us mere plebes look on in awe.
3. Mere experts would suffice.
4. Your shouts of liberty and equality, your sermons and thanksgivings are mere hypocrisy.
5. Mere bribery probably understates the magnitude of the malfeasance here.
peculiar
/pəkˈjuɫjɝ/, /pɪkˈjuɫjɝ/
adjectivenot considered usual or normal
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1. He’s peculiar.
2. The tastes of the duke were peculiar.
3. That was peculiar.
4. And the punctuation is most peculiar.'
5. - That is peculiar.
respective
/ɹiˈspɛktɪv/, /ɹɪˈspɛktɪv/
adjectiverelated or belonging separately to each of the things or people mentioned
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1. So what are their respective Price to Earnings ratios?
2. The Revolutionary War, Burr and Hamilton start their respective war careers.
3. Overnight, logistics workers arranged the different teams’ freight into their respective paddocks.
4. Each one must then attend to his respective chores.
5. Things occupy different stations in their respective existences.
scattered
/ˈskætɝd/
adjectivehappening at irregular intervals or spread far apart over various locations
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1. These body parts are just a few scattered pages in a larger story about our evolution.
2. So one problem is called scattered mind, in Sanskrit, vikshepa.
3. Scattered means unorganized.
4. So this scattered group of independent colonists gradually came together to form one united nation, not the goal but the outcome.
5. The 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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1. But caddisfly tape is selective.
2. One of these unconscious processes is selective perception.
3. Selective perception works like a filter.
4. One of them is Selective Color.
5. And their attention issue is selective.
serial
/ˈsɪˌɹiəɫ/
adjectiveoccurring regularly one after another
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1. We interview more serial killers.
2. Serial SIM swappers, rejoice.
3. - Which one's the serial number?
4. Do all of them have serial numbers?
5. We have serial monogamy.
sheer
/ˈʃɪɹ/
adjective(used for emphasis) nothing other than; complete
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1. That sheer expansion of scale gives me perspective.
2. What makes meningitis so dangerous compared to other diseases is the sheer speed with which it invades a person’s body.
3. All kitchen shears scissors, but not all scissors are kitchen sheers.
4. Experts site sheer drop-offs, deep canyons, extreme temperature fluctuations and even dangerous wildlife as possible explanations for this troubling trend.
5. White sheers on the windows, surface a smooth transition between the bright sunlight and a cool interior.
sole
/ˈsoʊɫ/
adjectivebeing the only one
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1. What is a dog handler's sole responsibility?
2. Different numbers mean a different sole.
3. Sole, spelled like your shoe.
4. Most aircraft parts are sole source.
5. We apply the sole.
specialized
/ˈspɛʃəˌɫaɪzd/
adjectivemade or designed for a specific function
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1. This adaptation has to do with a specialized enzyme: lactase.
2. These repair pathways all rely on specialized enzymes.
3. The world is very specialized.
4. They also add specialized equipment.
5. A butcher shop is a little bit more specialized.
stark
/ˈstɑɹk/
adjectiveutter and complete
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1. It's a stark difference when you are just one of everybody else versus being the black guy.
2. This 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.
3. So the center of the city is quite stark.
4. The difference was stark.
5. The contrast is stark for the children.
comparable
/ˈkɑmpɝəbəɫ/, /kəmˈpɛɹəbəɫ/, /kəmpɹəbəɫ/
adjectivehaving a similar ground that justifies making a comparison
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1. My state is only moderately comparable.
2. The system performance of both vehicles is comparable.
3. So the fuel consumption is directly comparable.
4. Comparable inferior, that makes no sense.
5. The daiya is comparable.
corresponding
/ˌkɔɹəˈspɑndɪŋ/
adjectiveconnected with or similar to something that has just been stated
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1. And the corresponding side on the big triangle, is 6.
2. Take the corresponding player board, buildings, and ownership tokens.
3. Here are their corresponding sections.
4. The corresponding chest electrodes serve as the positive poles.
5. And every symbol has a corresponding image.
supreme
/səˈpɹim/, /sɝˈpɹim/
adjectivehaving the highest position or rank
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1. - Supreme style, got it.
2. Cupcakes reign supreme in Washington, DC.
3. The 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.
4. My happiness was supreme!
5. Burger 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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1. The terminal has two MetroNap sleep pods.
2. Where is my terminal?
3. They have terminal illnesses.
4. Do both terminals.
5. Failure is not terminal.
timely
/ˈtaɪmɫi/
adverboccurring or done at precisely the right time
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1. 83% of CDC's FOIA responses were responded to timely.
2. The notifications are timely.
3. It feels timely.
4. The preparations for war were timely indeed.
5. - It's timely.
tremendous
/tɹəˈmɛndəs/, /tɹɪˈmɛndəs/
adjectiveextremely great or large
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1. The results were tremendous.
2. The challenge of the actors was tremendous.
3. The portion sizes are tremendous.
4. Coffee’s effects as a stimulant is tremendous.
5. Blueberries are tremendous.
troubled
/ˈtɹəbəɫd/
adjective(of a person) anxious or worried
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1. No community was more troubled by this turn than that of radical allies, abolitionists and women's rights advocates.
2. People are very troubled by this election.
3. Calming troubled minds.
4. Things weren't always troubled, of course.
5. But even the mansion's more recent history is troubled.
underlying
/ˌəndɝˈɫaɪɪŋ/
adjectiveimportant but not very obvious or noticeable
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1. The underlying composition, however, follows a blueprint.
2. So the onion just brings an underlying structure to the sauce.
3. The underlying stuff determines the higher level laws, but not vice versa.
4. Here is the underlying point.
5. First, choose an underlying.
unprecedented
/ənˈpɹɛsɪˌdɛntɪd/
adjectivenever having existed or happened before
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1. This time is unprecedented.
2. Obviously, your organizational skills were unprecedented.
3. In 2005, the Ballard area of Seattle experienced unprecedented growth.
4. This degree of growth is unprecedented in the United States.
5. A democracy theory of value, of course, is entirely unprecedented.
upcoming
/ˈəpˌkəmɪŋ/
adjectiveabout to come to pass
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1. Plug my upcoming even on HBO Night of Too Many Stars.
2. Iggy Azalea has upcoming shows?
3. But anyhow, here are the upcoming webcasts.
4. Now the avoided cost or the John Macomber: upcoming event is much more expensive.
5. But this upcoming theory suggests a more futuristic angle.
vague
/ˈveɪɡ/
adjectiveunclear and without going into details enough
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1. And, of course, this boundary is vague.
2. And the people are usually vague.
3. The records of William Buckley’s early life are vague at best.
4. Kirby’s origins are vague.
5. First off, the new Conor's trash talk is far more vague with hardly any imagery.
varied
/ˈvɛɹid/
adjectiveincluding or consisting of many different types
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1. The motives were varied.
2. The size of the particles is much more varied.
3. The size of the particles is much more varied.
4. Their backgrounds are varied.
5. The culture of street food in India, or Chaat, is incredibly varied.
vulnerable
/ˈvəɫnɝəbəɫ/
adjectiveprone to harm or abuse, either emotionally or physically; exposed
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1. The Behala district, one of the oldest residential areas, and the Salt Lake area are particularly vulnerable.
2. The whole world is vulnerable.
3. Our country is vulnerable.
4. Eight, be vulnerable.
5. Today's word is vulnerable.
worthwhile
/ˈwɝθˈwaɪɫ/
adjectiveimportant or useful; worth the time, money, or effort that is spent on it
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1. It's worthwhile.
2. This video is already worthwhile from the smell alone.
3. It's worthwhile.
4. Was his purpose worthwhile?
5. "It's worthwhile".
topnotch
/tˈɑːpnɑːtʃ/
adjectivehaving the highest standard or quality
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1. I want to give you a topnotch SHOWCASE and It Starts with a fantastic trip to my Favorite American City, the Big Apple, CHICAGO.
2. All of the leathers I’ve seen from Hermes are of outstanding, topnotch quality.
3. In 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!
5. But really, the monster action in this movie is topnotch across the board.
decadent
/ˈdɛkədənt/
adjectivehaving or showing a luxurious or sensual lifestyle, often in a way that is considered excessive or morally corrupt
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1. The business of poker is decadent.
2. It's decadent.
3. Feeling decadent?
4. This dessert is so decadent.
5. This dessert is so decadent.
homely
/ˈhoʊmɫi/
adjectivecomfortable and cozy in a way that gives a sense of being at home
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1. -It's homely.
2. okay she's homely
3. okay we describers homely
4. You are kind of homely.
5. It's very homely in a good sense of a term.
