zealous
/ˈzɛɫəs/
adjectiveshowing impressive commitment and enthusiasm for something
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1. After spending more time with Howard, I developed a better understanding of his belief that everyone deserves a zealous defense.
2. A client is entitled to zealous advocacy.
3. But the zealous priest is no more suited to the vocation of liberal education or legal education than is the cynical priest.
4. Number one, a lawyer has to be a zealous advocate for his or her client.
5. And every defendant is entitled to a zealous advocate.
withdrawn
/wɪðˈdɹɔn/, /wɪθˈdɹɔn/
adjective(of a person) unwilling to talk to other people or participate in social events
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1. They have been DENIED, DEMISSED or WITHDRAWN, and at least SIX are On Appeal.
2. Since the troops were withdrawn
3. So I think a lot of parents of teens at this juncture are feeling overwhelmed by having to manage their work schedules, while also being a good parent to kids who are stuck at home, while also making sure that their kids continue to get an education, and that can be overwhelming and sometimes make it difficult for parents to stay focused on what their teens may be experiencing to the point that sometimes, they wonder, like why is my kid acting so angry or irritable, or a little bit withdrawn.
4. I sort of had this picture of this incredibly wonderful, bright, happy little child, who now appeared to be very withdrawn, being enslaved by this family.
wastrel
/wˈæstɹəl/
nounsomeone who dissipates resources self-indulgently
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1. And secondly, most of the nobles who did go crusading were lords of estates, not their wastrel kids.
2. To prone to treating the younger man like a wastrel son instead of a lover.
3. So keep your eyes and ears peeled, wastrels!
4. And wastrel wander about quoting Lewis Carroll, William Hughes Mearns, and WB Yeats.
5. The picture conveys Rembrandt’s moving and very intimate realisation about the true nature of love: it reaches out to the selfish idiot, to the wastrel, to the passion-driven fool.
vivacity
/vɪvˈæsɪɾi/
nouncharacterized by high spirits and animation
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1. Her lively intelligence, warmth and vivacity won her many friends.
2. And impressions like experiencing colors are vivid in force and vivacity, and ideas are merely a faint copy or something.
3. Leo is a fire sign, so there is a lot of vivacity and larger-than-life capacity to a Leo.
4. Not just because Creed's opponent is a bland and vague character, but because the straightforward cinematography that Steven Caple Jr. employs in these scenes just doesn't have any of the vivacity of the previous film.
5. Margot Robbie plays her with a free-spirited vivacity, but the character of Tate herself is not well-developed.
virtuous
/ˈvɝtʃuəs/
adjectivehaving or showing high moral standards
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1. Football is a very simple virtuous cycle.
2. Has a pretty virtuous diet here.
3. Their expenditure created a virtuous economic cycle.
4. It's virtuous.
5. I'm virtuous.
vigorous
/ˈvɪɡɝəs/
adjectivestrong and active physically or mentally
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1. In any democracy, we want vigorous debate about our challenges and the correct policies.
2. It was vigorous.
3. It was vigorous.
4. Limit vigorous exercise, alcohol and sugary snacks to at least 60 minutes before bed.
5. Expect vigorous denials and a half-year year of £286m million pounds.
vanity
/ˈvænəti/, /ˈvænɪti/
nountaking excessive pride in one's own achievements or abilities
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1. Sign-ups, app installs, beta users are vanity metrics.
2. Vanity is the name of the game.
3. Vanity is the name of the game.
4. The vanity should now pull out.
5. This vanity looks great.
valor
/ˈvæɫɝ/
nounthe qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle)
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1. It's called valor.
2. "Arena of Valor" was a game, a MOBA game.
3. Jon repeatedly demonstrates his valor with his sometimes bafflingly stupid self-sacrificing behavior.
4. You will always remember their valor, their dignity, their humor, their determination, as well as their anger and their defeats.
5. rev up your engines, valor and he said hey
unflinching
/ənˈfɫɪntʃɪŋ/
adjectivenot shrinking from danger
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timidity
/təˈmɪdəti/
nounfear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions
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1. Early overprotectiveness inspired timidity and, around any complex situation, panic attacks.
2. Hope with timidity.
3. So there are lots of reasons to feel that biblical chronologies of the patriarchal period are not accurate historical records: I use that phrase with some timidity.
4. And for every bit of boldness there's been a domestic response, there has so far been timidity in the global response.
5. But risk avoidance actually teaches us timidity.
temerity
/təˈmɛɹəti/
nounfearless daring
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1. And in the midst of the obesity epidemic, Hardee's had the temerity to offer us the Thickburger over there at 1420 calories.
2. Or were they actually going to have the temerity to try to put their thumb on the scale of a U.S. election?
3. And then added one that Mondale didn't even have the temerity to ask for.
4. Wouldn't it be great if my professor rewarded me for temerity of my answers?
5. I had the temerity to write a chapter about my experiences on one of these councils.
to taunt
/ˈtɔnt/
verbharass with persistent criticism or carping
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1. The positive charge on the carbocation is irresistibly taunting to the bromide ion.
2. DJ Strawberry endured taunts about his father Darryl Strawberry's private life.
3. Taunting us.
4. This shark is taunting us.
5. Taunted by a crowd. -
tactful
/ˈtæktfəɫ/
adjectivecareful not to make anyone upset or annoyed
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1. We rented a quaint house in the English countryside or we rented a tactful house in the English countryside?
2. but he actually is tactful, and what he says to Jefferson is, he praises Jefferson's, quote, "many interesting reflections."
3. Youtube comment sections are little bit less tactful in their appraisal of his music.
4. But the count, descended from three generations of ambassadors, and endowed, moreover, with the lineaments of a diplomat, was in favor of more tactful measures.
5. They are also considered to be tactful speakers.
suave
/ˈswɑv/
adjectivehaving a sophisticated charm
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1. There was the suave hunchback.
2. Was it suave.
3. Maybe suave kiss him just for fun?
4. I actually have some Suave deodorant.
5. And it's Suave's.
sordid
/ˈsɔɹdəd/
adjectiveunethical or dishonest
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1. But then, in the early twenty-first century, this sordid little story came into question.
2. Now the sordid saga of this movie is almost worth an episode unto itself.
3. And it's sordid.
4. We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon.
5. Caesar's triumphant rule ended in a sordid affair with Cleopatra and his death by stabbing on the senate floor in 44 BC.
snide
/ˈsnaɪd/
adjectiveexpressive of contempt
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1. You went out of your way to make a snide comment.
2. But you encountered snide comments from the wives of other politicians, even from then first lady Nancy Reagan, ugly remarks about your daughter Bridget.
3. snide remarks and other thing like that, she said just wait a minute please, she went back into the back and soon a couple of other people came out and said you know we've never actually heard of this, but we've been looking through some of our manuals and documentation and so forth
4. Sadly for him, someone on the internet knew better and exposed him for being a snide moron.
5. Get rejected ♪ - (snide chuckle) -
assiduous
/əˈsɪdwəs/
adjectiveworking very hard and with careful attention to detail so that everything is done as well as possible
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1. Vanderbilt quickly built up a reputation as a reliable and assiduous ferryman.
2. And I was very assiduous about this, so every single character was hand-carved and printed. -
3. Payne was an assiduous Jury man while there.
4. He's assiduous with the grooming.
5. It is a vital experience which is the result of assiduous practice in inward purification.
asinine
/ˈæsəˌnaɪn/
adjectiveextremely silly or stupid
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1. To willingly concede first crack at scoring in a sudden death period is asinine.
2. Belding's disappointed they're continuing this asinine tradition.
3. Now, most people aren't buying these asinine arguments.
4. They tried to asinine into the culture.
5. It's an asinine notice that Don Junior doesn't say.
autocrat
/ˈɔtəˌkɹæt/
nouna cruel and oppressive dictator
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1. Yet the story of Diaz is more than just the story of an autocrat.
2. They govern like autocrats.
3. I said autocrat.
4. Trump is a wannabe autocrat who thinks he can rule unilaterally.
5. Of course, the subtitle of his book is Tying the Autocrat's Hands something and The Rise of The Rule of Law in China.
belligerent
/bəˈɫɪdʒɝənt/
adjectivecharacteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
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1. They can be belligerent.
2. But a total of 72 nations were belligerents in the second world war.
3. When the United States became belligerent.
4. They're equally belligerent.
5. And these new belligerent cops assault the mother.
benevolent
/bəˈnɛvəɫənt/
adjectivegenerous and kind; displaying kindness
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1. Comedy produces benevolent stereotypes.
2. Father Christmas is a benevolent character.
3. He’s truly benevolent, an extraordinary king.
4. - You are honestly very benevolent.
5. so if it's truly benevolent
benign
/bɪˈnaɪn/
adjectivekindness of disposition or manner
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1. Yes the freckles are benign!
2. It's benign.
3. Two, antibiotics are not benign medications.
4. Ironically, the largest shark of all is also benign.
5. Are they benign?
bigoted
/ˈbɪɡətɪd/
adjectivehaving strong, unreasonable, and unfair opinions or attitudes, especially about a particular race or religion, and refusing to listen to different opinions or ideas
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1. On top of which, some Han Chinese have held bigoted views about the Uighurs.
2. Being as as violent, bigoted and misogynistic as possible is celebrated a lot in those spaces.
3. Eddie emotionally recalls losing a childhood best friend because of a bigoted father.
4. Bigoted comments he made on one podcast threw his stardom and future into a TAIL spin.
5. We've spoken out against bigoted anti-immigration policies.
boisterous
/ˈbɔɪstɝəs/, /ˈbɔɪstɹəs/
adjectivenoisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
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1. Anthony, your intros are getting very boisterous.
2. In the cool light rain of the evening, the boisterous males take the opportunity to train the calves in a game of predator avoidance techniques.
3. Adolescent bull behavior becomes too boisterous for the family herd.
4. Along with him came his boisterous theater company the Loft Ensemble .
5. Because my three boys, they're so very boisterous.
braggart
/bɹˈæɡɑːɹt/
nouna very boastful and talkative person
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1. They'll think you're a braggart.
2. And I love John Smith as a character because he was a braggart.
3. He said FOLVUL is a BRAGGART.
4. And yet, dear lady, Rating myself at nothing, you shall see How much I was a braggart.
5. Virgo is not attracted to anything like a ruffian or a loudmouth or a braggart.
brisk
/ˈbɹɪsk/
adjectivecharacterized by a lively or fast-paced manner or movement
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1. His brisk walk is just a bit slower than your leisurely jog.
2. - It's brisk outside
3. - It's brisk.
4. That was brisk out there!
5. Some chicken brisk going in there.
chivalrous
/ʃˈɪvəlɹəs/
adjectivebeing attentive to women like an ideal knight
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1. He was a chivalrous man and a brave knight.
2. He's like a very chivalrous demon.
3. It has drowned the most heavenly ecstasies of religious fervour, of chivalrous enthusiasm, of philistine sentimentalism, in the icy water of egotistical calculation.
4. Wow, look at you, so chivalrous.
5. - I am very chivalrous.
conniving
/kəˈnaɪvɪŋ/
adjectiveacting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end
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conscientious
/ˌkɑnʃiˈɛnʃəs/
adjectivesensing an ethical obligation to do one's duty carefully and to behave justly toward others
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1. Today's word is conscientious.
2. Today's word is conscientious.
3. The kings are reasonably conscientious about the appointment of bishops.
4. All over the world, conscientious coffee houses are implementing waste reduction in an incredibly simple way.
5. Claire is conscientious.
courteous
/ˈkɝtiəs/
adjectivebehaving with politeness and respect
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1. Be courteous to county staff and other watchers.
2. The officers are courteous.
3. As we've already mentioned, use courteous language.
4. They were being courteous.
5. Be courteous to the front office staff.
debauched
/dɪbˈɔːtʃt/
adjectiveunrestrained by convention or morality
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1. It's also exactly the sort of philosophy which would appeal to the debauched ultra-rich, used to experiencing life as an extended orgy, so expect a revival of Monarchist-Anarchism on Goop any day now.
2. He was followed by his son Commodus who was the antithesis of his father - cruel, vain, merciless, debauched, inept, and a complete megalomaniac.
3. The former’s blasphemous, libelous and debauched content was considered illegal at the time, landing Wilkes in more than a little hot water.
4. How could such a debauched character possibly understand the mysterious truths about chastity?
5. Many theories are in circulation regarding the records, some believe Hoover's claims, that King led a debauched private life, while others state the FBI tried relentlessly to entrap him and manipulate dubious evidence.
devious
/ˈdiviəs/
adjectiveusing crafty and clever methods to achieve goals or avoid negative consequences
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1. You have a devious mind.
2. - You're devious.
3. He's devious.
4. But on the tactical level, the nerge had a devious trick.
5. This is devious.
dim-witted
/dˈɪmwˈɪɾᵻd/
adjectivelacking mental capacity and subtlety
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1. Manual, automatic, soft changes, hard changes, at this kind of speed, it's slow and dim-witted and jerky and you roll backwards and forwards on hills.
2. They thought he was weak and sickly, and they thought he was dim-witted.
3. Just like this dim-witted young man who captured himself drunkenly clambering into a donkey's pen on a dare in 2019.
4. Coronavirus-related pranks aren't a smart idea, but, surprise surprise, that hasn't stopped people from getting into all sorts of trouble thanks to their dim-witted ideas.
5. Their adventure takes them deep into uncharted land where they outsmart dim-witted hunters, cops, and even an unrelenting child welfare officer who will stop at nothing to catch Ricky.
domineering
/ˌdɑməˈnɪɹɪŋ/
adjectiveshowing a tendency to have control over others without taking their emotions into account
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1. Enter Max Keith, a German-born man with a domineering air and an unwavering allegiance to Coca-Cola.
2. The other teams are always constituted unequally, and the same domineering team always wins the game.
3. When people are dealing with a mid-sized animal, something up to 100 pounds could be comfortably carried over your shoulders, and that does happen, it's kind of this domineering pose, but it's good because it distributes the weight in a nice way.
4. You wouldn't want to be a domineering presence for fear that there'd be other domineering presences in other spheres.
5. Capricorn can be very domineering.
egoism
/ˈiɡoʊˌɪzəm/
nounconcern for your own interests and welfare
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1. Egoism says that everyone ought, morally, to pursue their own good.
2. He's got his objective egoism.
3. And he calls this egoism.
4. And the FDA defines a locked egoism as "an algorithm that provides the same result each time the same input is applied to it, and does not change with use."
5. Selfishness and egoism are in fact reinforced for him by the development of reason.
fatuous
/ˈfætʃəwəs/
adjectiveextremely silly or stupid
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1. Fuego fatuous, we cast double shadows in pantone blacks.
2. Well, that's what Sternberg calls "fatuous love."
3. That's fatuous love.
exuberant
/ɪɡˈzubɝənt/
adjectivejoyously unrestrained
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1. Thanks to our exuberant driving, my patient and Hammond's had lost a lot of life.
2. Exuberant costs, environmental concerns, and the fatal crash in 2000 led to the retiring of the fourteen Concordes in circulation.
3. I was exuberant and I'm loud.
4. Were they irrationally exuberant?
5. My life was not exuberant.
fortitude
/ˈfɔɹtɪˌtud/
nounmental and emotional strength and resilience in facing adversity, challenges, or difficult situations
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1. It requires fortitude.
2. And then we have fortitude next to peace and prudence.
3. - I have a fortitude of two. -
4. It requires emotional fortitude.
5. - Testicular fortitude is you're going to need.
genial
/ˈdʒinjəɫ/
adjectivediffusing warmth and friendliness
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1. Over a three course lunch, Heydrich led a genial discussion on his plans to rid Europe of its Jews.
2. Nook, for his part, is extraordinarily genial in stark contrast to his earliest appearances.
3. Anna finds the troop’s genial deputy leader.
4. The professor was an elderly personage, apparently of genial nature, and habits that might almost be called jovial.
5. But there are other natures, warm, helpful, genial, who are like the Gulf Stream, following their own course, flowing undaunted and undismayed in the ocean of colder waters.
nuisance
/ˈnusəns/
nouna bothersome annoying person
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1. Are they a nuisance?
2. To lots of people, trolls are simply a nuisance.
3. For starters, the autopilot can be a nuisance.
4. So the constraint is a nuisance.
5. Sweating is kind of a nuisance.