reckless
/ˈɹɛkɫəs/
adjective
not caring about the possible results of one's actions that could be dangerous
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1In the years before, Coca-Cola's international production was somewhat reckless.
2They're reckless!
3That was just reckless.
4The opposite would be reckless.
5That’s reckless.
dramatist
/ˈdɹɑmətɪst/
noun
someone who writes plays for the TV, radio, or theater
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1Her story has inspired poets, dramatists, and artists for more than 2,000 years.
2I’ll be a poet, a writer, a dramatist.
3I don't want to teach drama, I want to become a dramatist.
4It's important for Salinger that Shakespeare was a dramatist.
5Philosophers, dramatists, theologians have grappled with this question for centuries: what makes people go wrong?
to dramatize
/ˈdɹæməˌtaɪz/, /ˈdɹɑməˌtaɪz/
verb
represent something in a dramatic manner
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1[or] did the play Rather Dramatize
2That's dramatize.
3It dramatizes it.
4So the re-composition of the playing field is dramatized in some sense through that imperfect command of the English language.
5The movies really dramatize prison escapes.
incendiary
/ˌɪnˈsɛndiɛɹi/
adjective
capable of catching fire spontaneously or causing fires or burning readily
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1Some in Gaza launched incendiary balloons that sparked fires in Southern Israel.
2Popping incendiaries!
3It has an incendiary quality to it.
4They'd use incendiary arrows.
5Incendiary weapons set fire to everything in their path.
to incense
/ˈɪnˌsɛns/, /ˌɪnˈsɛns/
verb
make furious
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1Workers here can produce around 400 incense sticks every hour.
2Imagine an incense stick.
3He was incensed.
4This part of the conversation further incensed Raptors fans.
5You were lighting incense on top of a golden casket.
incentive
/ˌɪnˈsɛnɪv/, /ˌɪnˈsɛntɪv/
noun
something that is used as an encouraging and motivating factor
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1Innovation follows incentives.
2Motivation came through incentives.
3Incentives matter.
4The other tool is incentives.
5Incentives start the habit.
verbatim
/vɝˈbeɪtəm/
adverb
using exactly the same words
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1And on the spot, verbatim, he delivered Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
2So we expect now a verbatim repetition of Exodus 20.
3And, again, some will be kind of verbatim.
4And I could literally say the whole movie verbatim.
5- That's not verbatim or anything but-- -
verbiage
/ˈvɝbiɪdʒ/
noun
overabundance of words
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1The verbiage of what salary I want.
2Samsung should just correct their verbiage.
3So I'm going to get the exact verbiage here.
4Is that normal verbiage?
5They have different verbiage and everything.
verbose
/vˈɜːboʊz/
adjective
using or having an excessive number of words
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1And this call is taking longer, but he's just being more verbose and I have no problem with that.
2I think relevancy of information and the effort to make sure that we're getting who we are across and our skill set across, we can be very, very verbose.
3It's kind of a verbose mouthful.
4Some of us are more verbose than others.
5Active this was and how VERBOSE.
verbosity
/vɜːbˈɑːsɪɾi/
noun
an expressive style that uses excessive or empty words
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1So, if we can disentangle all the verbosity from that paragraph, what I've done is I've laid out the five main bits of the essay, in terms of structure and I've used numbered points for that rather than just a list because numbered makes it really really obvious to the examiner that I've got a good structure.
abbess
/ˈæbɛs/
noun
the superior of a group of nuns
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1Beginning under the reign of William I after the Norman conquest of England in 1066, the abbess of Nunnaminster ranked as barren ex-officio bearing the responsibilities of raising levees in times of war and providing knight service to the king.
2But its addition may also reflect the pastoral concerns or devotional interests of Nunnaminster's abbess or prioress.
3An unnamed daughter of Ethelred's was the abbess of the house in the mid 11th century.
4As you can see on the slide, the death anniversary of abbess Matilda was added on December 13th sometime after her death in 1212.
5On the final folio of a liturgical calendar that was owned by Wherwell by the late 12th century 11 elegiac couplets commemorating the death of abbess Matilda were copied.
abbey
/ˈæbi/
noun
a church with buildings connected to it in which a group of monks or nuns live or used to live
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1The abbey was amply provisioned.
2Abbey: High waisted.
3Come here, Abbey.
4In fact, her mom teaches my daughter Abbey dance.
5Abbey: Been thinking about you.
abbot
/ˈæbət/
noun
the superior of an abbey of monks
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1Our abbot has named this temple as the Midwest Buddhist Meditation Center.
2They call me the Abbot.
3When you arrive, the abbot comes out to greet you.
4You have to subordinate your will to the abbot.
5While its walls were never breached, its head abbot surrendered in 1580 when the supplies in his temple had been depleted.
palpable
/ˈpæɫpəbəɫ/
adjective
capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt
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1The joy was palpable.
2Your synergy, is palpable.
3The excitement out of that side of the cameras is palpable.
4Frustration is palpable.
5White resistance to black autonomy becomes palpable.
to palpitate
/ˈpæɫpəteɪt/
verb
beat rapidly
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1This is Emperor palpitating in the Empire were finishing their conquest of the galaxy.
2My heart didn't even palpitate once.
3Of course our heart palpitates at the sight of the crowd.
4My heart was palpitating so quickly.
5This can cause the heart to palpitate.
palsy
/ˈpɔɫzi/
noun
a condition marked by uncontrollable tremor
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1The author has a son with cerebral palsy.
2Maybe he has Bell's palsy.
3He shook as with a palsy.
4She have cerebral palsy.
5- I have cerebral palsy, which is commonly abbreviated CP.
cadence
/ˈkeɪdəns/
noun
the close of a musical section
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1But- People remember the cadence.
2They remember the cadence, exactly.
3So, notice the cadence.
4An integral part of the game, immediately prior to the start of play, the football quarterback begins his cadence.
5His cadence is unique.
cadenza
/kˈædənzə/
noun
a brilliant solo passage occurring near the end of a piece of music
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1For the Cadenza, we focused on distinctive design elements that would translate really well for AR.
2Probably the most widely known example of improvisation in classical music is the cadenza.
3A few soloists carry on the tradition of improvising their own cadenzas, including pianist Gabriela Montero and Robert Levin.
4I can improvise a cadenza.
5So here's Chuck Mangione with his saxophonist and a saxophone cadenza.
abasement
/ɐbˈeɪsmənt/
noun
depriving one of self-esteem
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1Do not let anyone disqualify you, insisting on self abasement and worship of angels, dwelling on visions, puffed up without cause by a human way of thinking and not holding fast to the head from whom the whole body, nourished and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows with a growth that is from God.
2The abasement of Sanehat might well be due to natural causes, beside the reverence for the divine person of the king.
3Fifth, a petition for Sanehat, winding up with the statement of fear inspired by the king, as explaining Sanehat's abasement.

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