to aver
/ˈeɪvɝ/
verbto confidently declare something as true
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1. In response to this, protestants averred that there was a large pile of fecal matter just under the windows, which cushioned their fall.
2. All have aver that h for several days
3. Dr. Peterson, the New York neurologist, in a recent magazine article on dreams and their meaning, points out that many dreams thought to be prophetic can be accounted for physiologically and avers that there never was a purely prophetic dream.
4. And I had done an hellish thing, And it would work 'em woe: For all averred, I had killed the bird That made the breeze to blow.
5. Averring down to, probably used to be 16, 12.
to brook
/ˈbɹʊk/
verbto allow and not oppose to something that one usually finds to be unpleasant
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1. , you brook no defeat.
2. - Roll for charisma, roll some brooks.
3. - That's a brook.
4. We have brook, booger, cookie.
5. BROOK: Our biggest challenge with wild pigs is this really high reproductive rate.
to countenance
/ˈkaʊntənəns/
verbto agree and not oppose to something that one generally finds unacceptable or unpleasant
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1. However, this court should not countenance that argument because it would subject an American citizen to the type of conditions which this court has never subjected an American citizen to before.
2. Thus, really, the court couldn't countenance.
3. Jeremy Corbyn wouldn't countenance serving under anybody else.
4. "My countenance never yet betrayed my feelings."
5. They get that name because of their countenance.
to delineate
/dɪˈɫɪniˌeɪt/
verbto give an explanation or depiction in full detail
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1. So because this giant space hosts the dining room, living room, and the kitchen, we have to delineate the three spaces very clearly.
2. Our old friend, the DSM V, actually delineates two sub types of the disorder.
3. Phil clearly delineates between the facts of the story and his own opinion.
4. Just delineate them.
5. and it delineates your conversation grouping properly.
to disabuse
/dɪsəbˈjus/, /dɪsəbˈjuz/
verbto help a person rid themselves of their misconceptions
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1. If he did, his friend would be quick to disabuse them.
2. If you had the illusion of an idyllic relationship among poets, you are disabused at this point.
3. No one could live long in Berlin without being completely disabused of illusions.
4. I want to disabuse you of that stereotype.
5. I have two quick clips to play for you today, which will, in no time at all, disabuse you of the notion that these anti Trump Republicans are our friends.
to divine
/dɪˈvaɪn/
verbto either predict the future or uncover hidden truths with the use of supernatural forces
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1. The sight of success is divine.
2. The pasta was divine.
3. The relationship of his human to divine nature.
4. Then every man, of every clime, That prays in his distress, Prays to the human form divine: Love, Mercy, Pity, Peace.
5. The sets are divine.
to equivocate
/ɪˈkwɪvəˌkeɪt/
verbto purposely speak in a way that is confusing and open to different interpretations, aiming to deceive others
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1. I've seen a lot of tip toeing and equivocating in other reviews when it comes to this camera, so let me be clear about my impression.
2. The Bible is equivocating on this institution.
3. The Bible, again, equivocates on this question.
4. Okay, so Kamala Harris is sort of equivocating.
5. - I'm glad that you equivocate strength to being a woman.
to excoriate
/ɛkˈskɔɹiˌeɪt/
verbto harshly state that something is severely lacking or faulty
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1. She would excoriate bankers and their bonuses and their practices.
2. He was excoriated.
3. And he was bitterly excoriated for it, savagely excoriated for it, a Republican.
4. Now, the three judge panel also excoriated PETA for its litigation tactics, accusing the organization of using Naruto as a tool for its own ideological agenda while pretending to be a friend.
5. In this particular sentencing hearing, the judge excoriated the DOJ.
to exhort
/ɪɡˈzɔɹt/
verbto work very hard at persuading someone into doing something
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1. One of Mr. Crumpling's daughters exhorted and shouted praises until her strength gave way and she fell to the ground in a dead faint.
2. You exhorted everybody who's listening to create factions and precipitating events.
3. And he exhorted them to pursue a life of creativity and passion, and this sort of became the initial Last Lecture.
4. As he made his way, Julian continuously exhorted the units he passed to greater courage, inspiring them with his oration.
5. Now, her daughter pounds the pulpit every Sunday at her church in Jefferson City, Missouri, exhorting her parishioners to vote.
to harangue
/hɝˈæŋ/
verbto give a speech that is lengthy, loud, and angry intending to either persuade or criticize
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1. What is a meringue harangue?
2. For the next few months, Kafka’s father harangued him.
3. By the way, the Clinton campaign is haranguing these guys,
4. The old gentleman ended his harangue.
5. The old gentleman ended his harangue.
to impugn
/ˌɪmˈpjun/
verbto question someone's honesty, quality, motive, etc.
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1. Now, in advance of the hearings, Republicans have tried to impugn the integrity and character of Lieutenant Colonel Vindman.
2. The data points that impugn the lowly cow as the destroyer of the planet, have the wrong object to have a problem with.
3. Paganism posits the existence of primordial evil demons or gods, and thus the existence of evil and suffering does not impugn the good gods themselves.
4. And so, undeserved suffering and rampant evil impugn the goodness and justice of God himself.
5. But generally not the best practice to impugn the reputation of your own witness and client.
to log
/ˈɫɔɡ/
verbto officially document all the information or events that have taken place, particularly on a plane or ship
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1. Log the sample results.
2. So log p of x.
3. Boltzmann constant times log
4. Also log sheets, trip sheets, those types of things.
5. Answers logged?
to maunder
/mˈɔːndɚ/
verbto talk continuously and aimlessly
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to palaver
/pælˈɑːvɚ/
verbto aimlessly talk a lot
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1. Like Dylan Thomas, Leviathan's description of the sea finds a way to give equal voice to the dancing fish and swooning gulls as the soaring waves and the clamor and tremble of the steel ship and the weary palaver of the fisherman locked in their perilous work.
2. It is a palaver, to be honest.
3. Now, this is more of a palaver than on the motorway, but I am now in the overtaking lane.
to quibble
/ˈkwɪbəɫ/
verbto argue over unimportant things or to complain about them
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1. Shaq's main quibble had shifted.
2. I've no patience for your quibbles.
3. Other quibbles, notifications don't really have enough space to spread out.
4. I do have legitimate quibbles with it.
5. So we want my quibble over the over the reserves
to reproach
/ɹiˈpɹoʊtʃ/
verbto criticize a person and voice the disappointment that is caused by their behavior
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1. And, indeed, according to the historian, she exhibited behavior beyond reproach during the entire reign.
2. His behavior had to be beyond reproach all the time.
3. He reproaches Adam.
4. Reproaches, upbraidings followed.
5. Each one reproached himself in similar fashion.
to skirt
/ˈskɝt/
verbto avoid or ignore doing something that one finds to be difficult or controversial
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1. Black holes skirt the line between science fiction and science fact.
2. I'll skirt the spoiler.
3. Our women wear long skirts.
4. - Mini skirts are back in.
5. They skirt every father-son cliche and strike right at the heart of a real relationship.
apposite
/ɐpˈɑːsɪt/
adjectivehaving the quality of being appropriate or closely connected to the subject or situation at hand
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1. But there is no case to which the mandamus power is legitimately apposite here.
2. If you wanted to avoid the constitutional question and ascribe a constitutional intention to the legislature, then you could just say the writ of mandamus here should be construed as required to be apposite to an otherwise existing grant of jurisdiction.
3. And if you do get the memory, what I you to do is to apposite your Adult-Self in with your Child-Self within that memory.
conciliatory
/kənˈsɪˌɫiəˌtɔɹi/, /kənˈsɪɫjəˌtɔɹi/
adjectivemeaning to end a dispute or to stop or lessen someone's anger
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1. This time Galileo was more conciliatory, agreeing that the arguments in favor of the Corpunican theory. . .
2. He would sound uncharacteristically conciliatory.
3. Can I at least get a conciliatory pat on pat on the head?
4. It was conciliatory.
5. Such conciliatory tones are rare in Russian diplomacy these days.
contentious
/kənˈtɛnʃəs/
adjectivecausing or capable of causing disagreement
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1. Even more contentious, though, was the idea of a Greek counterattack.
2. The bankruptcies now are very contentious.
3. But that batch of votes became contentious.
4. However, the creation of the mandate was profoundly contentious.
5. - A debate is contentious.
disingenuous
/dɪsɪnˈdʒɛnjuəs/
adjectivelacking sincerity and honesty, particularly by not revealing as much as one knows
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1. Their criticism of it was so disingenuous.
2. - Yeah, but that's disingenuous.
3. That's super disingenuous.
4. And typically for populists, they use disingenuous questions rather than real questions.
5. They're being totally disingenuous about the whole thing.
eloquent
/ˈɛɫəkwənt/
adjectiveable to utilize language to convey something well, especially in a persuasive manner
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1. Anomalies are incredibly eloquent.
2. Probably more eloquent way to say that,
3. She gave an eloquent speech at the gala dinner.
4. She's so eloquent.
5. He was sharp, eloquent.
extenuating
/ɪkˈstɛnjuˌeɪtɪŋ/
adjectiveproviding reasons that justify or reduce the seriousness of something bad, such as an offense
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1. There are some extenuating circumstances.
2. There have been some extenuating circumstances that I've done both at the same time.
3. What are your extenuating circumstances why I should give you a break, or leniency, as you put it, when I look at your record and you got 10 violations?
4. You will need Brazenness Some double-talk Extenuating circumstances Hairs to split The passive voice and a scapegoat.
5. - To be very brutally honest there's some extenuating circumstances that make me not comfortable answering that question.
glib
/ˈɡɫɪb/
adjectivemaking insincere and deceiving statements with ease
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1. Actually, I'm being glib.
2. So it may sound kind of glib to just say it so easily.
3. The character is glib, but I don't want the show to be glib, if that makes sense.
4. I mean, just to not be glib about it.
5. The best lawyers are the most glib people.
laudable
/ˈɫɔdəbəɫ/
adjective(of an idea, intention, or act) deserving of admiration and praise, regardless of success
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1. That's pretty laudable.
2. The desire for wealth is nearly universal, and none can say it is not laudable, provided the possessor of it accepts its responsibilities, and uses it as a friend to humanity.
3. The judge dismissed the case, saying that the casting was under First Amendment protection, but also stated that the plaintiffs goals were laudable.
4. While this mission statement includes laudable goals it does not mention several essential aspects of our work, such as education and service.
5. While the concept is truly laudable, incorporating technology and fashion trends together is a recipe for disaster.
parochial
/pɝˈoʊkiəɫ/
adjectivepossessing a limited understanding or point of view, and not open to broadening it
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1. ELENA KAGAN: I did, yeah, and a little bit parochial.
2. It was extremely parochial.
3. Although some Amish communities take their children to a regular public school, your community has its own parochial school for the children.
4. Now actually, that's just another parochial misconception.
5. They have parochial interests.
syncretic
/sɪŋkɹˈɛɾɪk/
adjectivecreating a combination of different beliefs, ideas, traditions, etc.
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1. In 1055, Sijilmasa had been taken, and by 1059, Ibn Yasin and his puritan Amazigh warriors were on the doorstep of the Barghawata confederacy, whose syncretic semi-Islamic faith was considered heresy of the highest order to the puritan Almoravids.
2. Here too syncretic religions and cults such as candomblé, makumba and umbanda developed.
3. Here too syncretic religions and cults such as candomblé, makumba and umbanda developed.
4. The beach of Limonat is the ultimate place to perform the ceremony of Guiné and beg favors from the Love Goddess Erzulie, a syncretic deity identified with the Christian Virgin Mary.
5. This is, I think one, of the best examples of that syncretic view of religion, that basically all worshippers are worshipping the same god.
tendentious
/ˌtɛnˈdɛnʃəs/
adjectivestating a cause or opinion that one strongly believes in, particularly one that causes a lot of controversy
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1. It's a tendentious question maybe.
2. And you might think it's tendentious, but philosophers' examples often give philosophy a bad name.
3. Showalter then says this is a phase supplanted by a feminist moment in the history of the novel in which novels like the late work of Mrs. Gaskell, for example, and other such novels become tendentious, and the place and role of women becomes the dominant theme of novels of this kind.
4. But that's tendentious.
5. But I grant you, I put that in a tendentious fashion.
moreover
/mɔˈɹoʊvɝ/
adverbused to support or add to the statement that has just been made by giving new or more information
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1. Manet's mashup, moreover, stares back at us.
2. Moreover, the internet rewards this type of distracted behavior.
3. Moreover, his stark statement of the gap strips away some potentially important nuances.
4. Moreover take a closer look at the spokes in the wheel.
5. Moreover, the death of a presidential candidate does not create a vacancy.
diatribe
/ˈdaɪəˌtɹaɪb/
nouna harsh and severe criticism or verbal attack that is aimed toward a person or thing
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1. You didn't hear Bird Girl's tomato diatribe?
2. It contains diatribes against the oppressive world of adults.
3. He certainly reserves his most hysterical diatribes for Theodora.
4. It is a diatribe against the Emperor Justinian.
5. Sancho's diatribe against them perhaps reflects an attitude of the times.
finesse
/fɪˈnɛs/
nounthe act of dealing with a situation in a subtle and skillful way
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1. They take more finesse.
2. - Put a little finesse on there.
3. We're going to finesse our bow here.
4. And finesse.
5. You finessed it.
imbroglio
/ˌɪmˈbɹoʊɫˌjoʊ/
nouna situation that is very complex and confusing, particularly a political or social one
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1. There's an imbroglio story, a comedy of errors.
2. Browder claims a 60 percent success rate, and has expanded Do Not Pay to the U.S. and to other legal imbroglios.
3. Now, this version of Dorotea's imbroglio true to the name she assumes is a grotesque parody of her story.
nuance
/ˈnuɑns/
nouna very small and barely noticeable difference in tone, appearance, manner, meaning, etc.
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1. And so this issue takes nuance.
2. Women are nuanced surgical fighters.
3. The third fatal mistake is not appreciating nuance.
4. Nuance is important.
5. They lack nuance.