to kindle
/ˈkɪndəɫ/
verb
cause to start burning
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1People don't collect Kindles.
2I like Kindle books.
3One of my favourite e-readers is Kindle from Amazon.
4Cornudet's eyes kindled.
5- You got your very own kindle?
kindred
/ˈkɪndɹɪd/
adjective
similar in quality or character
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1And Kindred has recently embarked on its first commercial venture.
2The other exemplary topic for this study is Kindred, a 1979 novel by Octavia Butler with a truly terrifying premise.
3Kindred was produced as a radio play in 2002 for a web-based internet radio program launched by cable's science-fiction channel, Sci Fi.
4Kindred are usually a problem for me.
5Kindred is a mysterious new villain.
zeal
/ˈziɫ/
noun
a great enthusiasm and eagerness directed toward achieving something
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1And so I go at everything with kind of a boy scout samurai zeal.
2The National Federation for Decency took up arms with particular zeal.
3He was a deeply sincere Catholic with all of the zeal of a convert.
4Private wealth did not Bryan's public zeal.
5The youngster embraced his mission with religious zeal and preached furiously against the alleged corruption of the Almoravids, of the sale of wine and pork in their cities, and their reliance on the corrupt court jurists to interpret religious law.
zealot
/ˈzɛɫət/, /ˈziɫət/
noun
a fervent and even militant proponent of something
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1Pat Brown, some would call a zealot for his mission.
2Zealot is on the ropes, and they're pushing base!
3Is he a zealot of some kind?
4His mother was a religious zealot.
5Both groups of zealots were preoccupied with what might happen next.
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.
to bungle
/bˈʌŋɡəl/
verb
to carry out a task in the most incomplete or awkward way
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1We catastrophically bungled testing.
2The bureau bungled it.
3In October of 2001, the US bungled a different public health crisis.
4Joe Biden just bungled.
5Because Donald Trump completely bungled that as well.
bungalow
/ˈbəŋɡəˌɫoʊ/
noun
a house that is only consisted of one floor or another smaller floor set in the roof
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1Alexa, what is Bungalow 8?
2Bungalow 8.
3The charming little bungalow was perfect for Baker and her sons.
4Actually love this little three-bedroom bungalow.
5[Matt] have a three-bedroom bungalow.
miser
/ˈmaɪzɝ/
noun
a stingy hoarder of money and possessions (often living miserably)
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1But real alchemists weren’t just mystical misers.
2For the well-dressed miser, the only place to shop is Moody's Store for Men. -
3To be a selfish miner of learning, for self-gratification only, is no nobler in reality than to be a miser of money.
4He clutched it avariciously, looked at it as a miser looks at gold, and thrust it into his shirt bosom.
5So notice first here that the younger brother compares his sister's virginity to a miser's treasure.
miserly
/ˈmaɪzɝɫi/
adjective
(used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
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1And number seven is: adopts a miserly spending style towards self and others.
2I am a bit miserly about my heat situation, because we have to pay for it in the current apartment I live in.
3Depositors have earned a miserly return for 10 years.
4The secret to Liverpool's success has been in their miserly defence.
5Unfortunately, the absence of additional game play modes, presentational cutbacks and a miserly unlockable system haul it back from being a direct hit.
typical
/ˈtɪpəkəɫ/, /ˈtɪpɪkəɫ/
adjective
having or showing the usual qualities or characteristics of a particular group of people or things
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1Phillis’s case is typical.
2The rest of his life was typical.
3A few weeks of on-the-job training is typical.
4A background in acting, film and video editing, or cinematography are typical.
5Constant re-training is typical.
to typify
/ˈtɪpəˌfaɪ/
verb
embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of
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1For centuries he has typified the perfect artistic genius.
2For me, the brothers typify another duo as well, Soren Kierkegaard's knights of resignation and of faith.
3And it's really typified by the products from the Cooper's brewery.
4And the style is really typified by the products from a brewery named Rodenbach.
5His blend or urban English shape with casual American style typifies American dress to this day.
financial
/ˌfaɪˈnænʃəɫ/, /fəˈnænʃəɫ/, /fɪˈnænʃəɫ/
adjective
related to money or its management
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1You can look at this map to see what standards for financial literacy your state currently mandates.
2Financial markets do manage risk.
3Now, of course the main disadvantage of all of this is financial.
4Part of the reason is financial.
5Is the accomplishment just financial?
financier
/ˌfaɪnænˈsɪɹ/, /ˌfɪnənˈsɪɹ/
noun
a person skilled in large scale financial transactions
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1One of those men was financier and banker John Pierpont Morgan.
2And on the entertainment side represented movie studios and financiers.
3Are you a financier?
4Technologists, financiers, and the professions will emerge unscathed.
5A financier who flew too close to the sun.
to writhe
/ˈɹɪθ/
verb
to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
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1Loki the mischief-maker, was writhing uncomfortably in Thor’s iron grip.
2Still writhing around.
3A man writhes on the deck of a ship as the wind and rain thumps against his face.
4Lucille writhed under this violation of her anonymity.
5Oh God, my spanx are writhing up.
wry
/ˈɹaɪ/
adjective
twisted or distorted, often indicating dry or mocking humor.
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1His father nodded with a wry smile and replied . . .
2Actor John Larroquette's wry demeanor and dry delivery kept Dan from being a one-note lech, partly because the scripts know when Dan is more pathetic than smooth.
3Ripe friendship served on wry banter accompanied by a side serving of affectionate teasing.
4Perhaps that remarkably thin wrist with the leather band around it really does belong to someone who is skeptical, alternative, delicate, intelligent, wry.
5I saw my geometry teacher in high school, Mr. Rucell's wry smile under his handlebar mustache.
existence
/ɛɡˈzɪstəns/, /ɪɡˈzɪstəns/
noun
the fact or state of existing or being objectively real
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1Lost in the world of imagination, I forgot my sad, lonely existence for a while, and was happy.
2Even existence is senseless.
3What is existence?
4Existence does not make mistakes.
5and we all have existences quote-unquote
existential
/ˌɛɡˌzɪsˈtɛnʃəɫ/
adjective
relating to or dealing with existence (especially with human existence)
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1The threat to the NFL from this litigation was existential.
2All of us feel existential alienation.
3Have an existential crisis.
4Some things are existential questions.
5The stakes for the public in the case of Civil War were existential.
pacific
/pəˈsɪfɪk/
adjective
disposed to peace or of a peaceful nature
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1Even deeper is the Pacific blackdragon.
212:00 noon Pacific, Yahoo page goes live.
3The Pacific coast is an expansive beauty.
4Pacific salmon has parasites, so no salmon sushi, sashimi, no spicy salmon, nothing. -
5Pacific, and will feature updates on games like The Division, Ghost Recon, and of course, Far Cry.
pacifist
/ˈpæsɪfɪst/
noun
someone who advocates for peaceful methods to resolve conflicts and opposes violence or war as a means of achieving goals
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1The angry mass killer was converted into an evangelical pacifist.
2You're a pacifist?
3I am Pacifist.
4My race could be the pacifist children.
5[jazzy drum beat] - Sohla and I are like that pacifists.
to pacify
/ˈpæsəˌfaɪ/
verb
fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location)
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1After 72 hours of carnage, the city was pacified.
2Pacify her rage -
3Again the privy council pacified it in other ways.
4"I will pacify my problem with these gifts."
5Because you pacify yourself.

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