zealous
/ˈzɛɫəs/
adjective
showing impressive commitment and enthusiasm for something
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1After spending more time with Howard, I developed a better understanding of his belief that everyone deserves a zealous defense.
2A client is entitled to zealous advocacy.
3But the zealous priest is no more suited to the vocation of liberal education or legal education than is the cynical priest.
4Number one, a lawyer has to be a zealous advocate for his or her client.
5And 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withdrawn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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1They have been DENIED, DEMISSED or WITHDRAWN, and at least SIX are On Appeal.
2Since the troops were withdrawn
3So 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experiencing to the point that sometimes, they wonder, like why is my kid acting so angry or irritable, or a little bit withdrawn.
4I sort of had this picture of this incredibly wonderful, bright, happy little child, who now appeared to be very withdrawn, being enslaved by this family.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/
noun
someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently
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1And secondly, most of the nobles who did go crusading were lords of estates, not their wastrel kids.
2To prone to treating the younger man like a wastrel son instead of a lover.
3So keep your eyes and ears peeled, wastrels!
4And wastrel wander about quoting Lewis Carroll, William Hughes Mearns, and WB Yeats.
5The 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/
noun
characterized by high spirits and animation
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1Her lively intelligence, warmth and vivacity won her many friends.
2And impressions like experiencing colors are vivid in force and vivacity, and ideas are merely a faint copy or something.
3Leo is a fire sign, so there is a lot of vivacity and larger-than-life capacity to a Leo.
4Not 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.
5Margot Robbie plays her with a free-spirited vivacity, but the character of Tate herself is not well-developed.
virtuous
/ˈvɝtʃuəs/
adjective
having or showing high moral standards
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1Football is a very simple virtuous cycle.
2Has a pretty virtuous diet here.
3Their expenditure created a virtuous economic cycle.
4It's virtuous.
5I'm virtuous.
vigorous
/ˈvɪɡɝəs/
adjective
strong and active physically or mentally
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1In any democracy, we want vigorous debate about our challenges and the correct policies.
2It was vigorous.
3It was vigorous.
4Limit vigorous exercise, alcohol and sugary snacks to at least 60 minutes before bed.
5Expect vigorous denials and a half-year year of £286m million pounds.
vanity
/ˈvænəti/, /ˈvænɪti/
noun
taking excessive pride in one's own achievements or abilities
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1Sign-ups, app installs, beta users are vanity metrics.
2Vanity is the name of the game.
3Vanity is the name of the game.
4The vanity should now pull out.
5This vanity looks great.
valor
/ˈvæɫɝ/
noun
the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle)
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1It's called valor.
2"Arena of Valor" was a game, a MOBA game.
3Jon repeatedly demonstrates his valor with his sometimes bafflingly stupid self-sacrificing behavior.
4You will always remember their valor, their dignity, their humor, their determination, as well as their anger and their defeats.
5rev up your engines, valor and he said hey
unflinching
/ənˈfɫɪntʃɪŋ/
adjective
not shrinking from danger

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timidity
/təˈmɪdəti/
noun
fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions
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1Early overprotectiveness inspired timidity and, around any complex situation, panic attacks.
2Hope with timidity.
3So 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.
4And for every bit of boldness there's been a domestic response, there has so far been timidity in the global response.
5But risk avoidance actually teaches us timidity.
temerity
/təˈmɛɹəti/
noun
fearless daring
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1And in the midst of the obesity epidemic, Hardee's had the temerity to offer us the Thickburger over there at 1420 calories.
2Or were they actually going to have the temerity to try to put their thumb on the scale of a U.S. election?
3And then added one that Mondale didn't even have the temerity to ask for.
4Wouldn't it be great if my professor rewarded me for temerity of my answers?
5I had the temerity to write a chapter about my experiences on one of these councils.
to taunt
/ˈtɔnt/
verb
harass with persistent criticism or carping
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1The positive charge on the carbocation is irresistibly taunting to the bromide ion.
2DJ Strawberry endured taunts about his father Darryl Strawberry's private life.
3Taunting us.
4This shark is taunting us.
5Taunted by a crowd. -
tactful
/ˈtæktfəɫ/
adjective
careful not to make anyone upset or annoyed
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1We rented a quaint house in the English countryside or we rented a tactful house in the English countryside?
2but he actually is tactful, and what he says to Jefferson is, he praises Jefferson's, quote, "many interesting reflections."
3Youtube comment sections are little bit less tactful in their appraisal of his music.
4But the count, descended from three generations of ambassadors, and endowed, moreover, with the lineaments of a diplomat, was in favor of more tactful measures.
5They are also considered to be tactful speakers.
suave
/ˈswɑv/
adjective
having a sophisticated charm
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1There was the suave hunchback.
2Was it suave.
3Maybe suave kiss him just for fun?
4I actually have some Suave deodorant.
5And it's Suave's.
sordid
/ˈsɔɹdəd/
adjective
unethical or dishonest
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1But then, in the early twenty-first century, this sordid little story came into question.
2Now the sordid saga of this movie is almost worth an episode unto itself.
3And it's sordid.
4We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon.
5Caesar's triumphant rule ended in a sordid affair with Cleopatra and his death by stabbing on the senate floor in 44 BC.
snide
/ˈsnaɪd/
adjective
expressive of contempt
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1You went out of your way to make a snide comment.
2But you encountered snide comments from the wives of other politicians, even from then first lady Nancy Reagan, ugly remarks about your daughter Bridget.
3snide 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
4Sadly for him, someone on the internet knew better and exposed him for being a snide moron.
5Get rejected - (snide chuckle) -
assiduous
/əˈsɪdwəs/
adjective
working very hard and with careful attention to detail so that everything is done as well as possible
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1Vanderbilt quickly built up a reputation as a reliable and assiduous ferryman.
2And I was very assiduous about this, so every single character was hand-carved and printed. -
3Payne was an assiduous Jury man while there.
4He's assiduous with the grooming.
5It is a vital experience which is the result of assiduous practice in inward purification.
asinine
/ˈæsəˌnaɪn/
adjective
extremely silly or stupid
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1To willingly concede first crack at scoring in a sudden death period is asinine.
2Belding's disappointed they're continuing this asinine tradition.
3Now, most people aren't buying these asinine arguments.
4They tried to asinine into the culture.
5It's an asinine notice that Don Junior doesn't say.
autocrat
/ˈɔtəˌkɹæt/
noun
a cruel and oppressive dictator
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1Yet the story of Diaz is more than just the story of an autocrat.
2They govern like autocrats.
3I said autocrat.
4Trump is a wannabe autocrat who thinks he can rule unilaterally.
5Of 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/
adjective
characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
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1They can be belligerent.
2But a total of 72 nations were belligerents in the second world war.
3When the United States became belligerent.
4They're equally belligerent.
5And these new belligerent cops assault the mother.
benevolent
/bəˈnɛvəɫənt/
adjective
generous and kind; displaying kindness
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1Comedy produces benevolent stereotypes.
2Father Christmas is a benevolent character.
3He’s truly benevolent, an extraordinary king.
4- You are honestly very benevolent.
5so if it's truly benevolent
benign
/bɪˈnaɪn/
adjective
kindness of disposition or manner
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1Yes the freckles are benign!
2It's benign.
3Two, antibiotics are not benign medications.
4Ironically, the largest shark of all is also benign.
5Are they benign?
bigoted
/ˈbɪɡətɪd/
adjective
having 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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1On top of which, some Han Chinese have held bigoted views about the Uighurs.
2Being as as violent, bigoted and misogynistic as possible is celebrated a lot in those spaces.
3Eddie emotionally recalls losing a childhood best friend because of a bigoted father.
4Bigoted comments he made on one podcast threw his stardom and future into a TAIL spin.
5We've spoken out against bigoted anti-immigration policies.
boisterous
/ˈbɔɪstɝəs/, /ˈbɔɪstɹəs/
adjective
noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
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1Anthony, your intros are getting very boisterous.
2In the cool light rain of the evening, the boisterous males take the opportunity to train the calves in a game of predator avoidance techniques.
3Adolescent bull behavior becomes too boisterous for the family herd.
4Along with him came his boisterous theater company the Loft Ensemble .
5Because my three boys, they're so very boisterous.
braggart
/bɹˈæɡɑːɹt/
noun
a very boastful and talkative person
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1They'll think you're a braggart.
2And I love John Smith as a character because he was a braggart.
3He said FOLVUL is a BRAGGART.
4And yet, dear lady, Rating myself at nothing, you shall see How much I was a braggart.
5Virgo is not attracted to anything like a ruffian or a loudmouth or a braggart.
brisk
/ˈbɹɪsk/
adjective
characterized by a lively or fast-paced manner or movement
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1His brisk walk is just a bit slower than your leisurely jog.
2- It's brisk outside
3- It's brisk.
4That was brisk out there!
5Some chicken brisk going in there.
chivalrous
/ʃˈɪvəlɹəs/
adjective
being attentive to women like an ideal knight
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1He was a chivalrous man and a brave knight.
2He's like a very chivalrous demon.
3It has drowned the most heavenly ecstasies of religious fervour, of chivalrous enthusiasm, of philistine sentimentalism, in the icy water of egotistical calculation.
4Wow, look at you, so chivalrous.
5- I am very chivalrous.
conniving
/kəˈnaɪvɪŋ/
adjective
acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end

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conscientious
/ˌkɑnʃiˈɛnʃəs/
adjective
sensing an ethical obligation to do one's duty carefully and to behave justly toward others
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1Today's word is conscientious.
2Today's word is conscientious.
3The kings are reasonably conscientious about the appointment of bishops.
4All over the world, conscientious coffee houses are implementing waste reduction in an incredibly simple way.
5Claire is conscientious.
courteous
/ˈkɝtiəs/
adjective
behaving with politeness and respect
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1Be courteous to county staff and other watchers.
2The officers are courteous.
3As we've already mentioned, use courteous language.
4They were being courteous.
5Be courteous to the front office staff.
debauched
/dɪbˈɔːtʃt/
adjective
unrestrained by convention or morality
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1It'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.
2He was followed by his son Commodus who was the antithesis of his father - cruel, vain, merciless, debauched, inept, and a complete megalomaniac.
3The former’s blasphemous, libelous and debauched content was considered illegal at the time, landing Wilkes in more than a little hot water.
4How could such a debauched character possibly understand the mysterious truths about chastity?
5Many 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/
adjective
using crafty and clever methods to achieve goals or avoid negative consequences
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1You have a devious mind.
2- You're devious.
3He's devious.
4But on the tactical level, the nerge had a devious trick.
5This is devious.
dim-witted
/dˈɪmwˈɪɾᵻd/
adjective
lacking mental capacity and subtlety
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1Manual, 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.
2They thought he was weak and sickly, and they thought he was dim-witted.
3Just like this dim-witted young man who captured himself drunkenly clambering into a donkey's pen on a dare in 2019.
4Coronavirus-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.
5Their 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/
adjective
showing a tendency to have control over others without taking their emotions into account
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1Enter Max Keith, a German-born man with a domineering air and an unwavering allegiance to Coca-Cola.
2The other teams are always constituted unequally, and the same domineering team always wins the game.
3When 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.
4You wouldn't want to be a domineering presence for fear that there'd be other domineering presences in other spheres.
5Capricorn can be very domineering.
egoism
/ˈiɡoʊˌɪzəm/
noun
concern for your own interests and welfare
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1Egoism says that everyone ought, morally, to pursue their own good.
2He's got his objective egoism.
3And he calls this egoism.
4And 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."
5Selfishness and egoism are in fact reinforced for him by the development of reason.
fatuous
/ˈfætʃəwəs/
adjective
extremely silly or stupid
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1Fuego fatuous, we cast double shadows in pantone blacks.
2Well, that's what Sternberg calls "fatuous love."
3That's fatuous love.
exuberant
/ɪɡˈzubɝənt/
adjective
joyously unrestrained
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1Thanks to our exuberant driving, my patient and Hammond's had lost a lot of life.
2Exuberant costs, environmental concerns, and the fatal crash in 2000 led to the retiring of the fourteen Concordes in circulation.
3I was exuberant and I'm loud.
4Were they irrationally exuberant?
5My life was not exuberant.
fortitude
/ˈfɔɹtɪˌtud/
noun
mental and emotional strength and resilience in facing adversity, challenges, or difficult situations
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1It requires fortitude.
2And then we have fortitude next to peace and prudence.
3- I have a fortitude of two. -
4It requires emotional fortitude.
5- Testicular fortitude is you're going to need.
genial
/ˈdʒinjəɫ/
adjective
diffusing warmth and friendliness
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1Over a three course lunch, Heydrich led a genial discussion on his plans to rid Europe of its Jews.
2Nook, for his part, is extraordinarily genial in stark contrast to his earliest appearances.
3Anna finds the troop’s genial deputy leader.
4The professor was an elderly personage, apparently of genial nature, and habits that might almost be called jovial.
5But 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/
noun
a bothersome annoying person
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1Are they a nuisance?
2To lots of people, trolls are simply a nuisance.
3For starters, the autopilot can be a nuisance.
4So the constraint is a nuisance.
5Sweating is kind of a nuisance.

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