laborious
/ɫəˈbɔɹiəs/
adjective
characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
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1It's a bit laborious.
2Many games are, in fact, very laborious.
3This is a laborious process.
4But often entails laborious detective work.
5While the idea certainly has thematic novelty, the execution was laborious.
labyrinth
/ˈɫæbɝˌɪnθ/
noun
a complex maze constructed by Daedalus to imprison the Minotaur
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1Your little caves are like labyrinths.
2Labyrinth was at Columbia University and Yale.
3It's available at Labyrinth.
4Yeah this place is a labyrinth.
5My favorite movie is Pan's Labyrinth.
labyrinthine
/ˌɫæbɝˈɪnˌθin/
adjective
resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity
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1Which began with the Trump-Russia scandal as a complicated labyrinthine, bizarre international tangle of questions about computer hacking and about money laundering and about collusion.
2It has a kind of labyrinthine quality to it.
3They took off and hid in this labyrinthine, networking, spider-webbing system of canyons called the Copper Canyons.
4So the main theme of the book is the sort of labyrinthine quality of a lot of these cases.
5It's labyrinthine.
abysmal
/əˈbɪzməɫ/
adjective
resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable
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1Additionally, attrition rates are abysmal, anywhere from 10 to 50% depending on the school.
2The communication from the ER to the other floor right now is abysmal.
3Longinus’s abysmal administration of his province had scuppered this plan, however.
4Investigations by the European Commission confirm these abysmal conditions.
5Maya: That was abysmal.
abyss
/əˈbɪs/
noun
a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)
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1The abyss of the Atlantic where the bones of six or seven million Africans settled into the sand long ago.
2One of the biggest things was the abyss.
3What is your abyss?
4And the abyss stares back, LexMan895.
5My shame as a spur, I fled the abyss.
facetious
/fəˈsiʃəs/
adjective
not showing the amount of seriousness needed toward a serious matter by trying to seem clever and humorous
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1- You were being facetious.
2- You were facetious.
3I'm being facetious.
4I'm being facetious.
5I'm being facetious.
facile
/ˈfæsəɫ/
adjective
performing adroitly and without effort
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1On facile ground, halt not.
2On facile ground, halt not.
3On facile ground, halt not.
4On facile ground, halt not.
5For us, we're very facile around electricity.
to facilitate
/fəˈsɪɫəˌteɪt/
verb
to help something, such as a process or action, become possible or simpler
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1The availability of easy credit and loans also facilitated buying.
2Today, the port again facilitates the movement of capital.
3The organization facilitates the voluntary creation of a product.
4In the early 2000s, the Bush administration facilitated the growth of for profit colleges.
5Onions can also facilitate exfoliation.
facility
/fəˈsɪɫɪti/
noun
skillful performance or ability without difficulty
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1This facility processes up to a million tons of waste annually.
2This facility generates over 7% of our proud Capitol’s energy needs.
3That facility created the primary objective.
4No one facility could take on that much work in that particular timeframe.
5We have facilities around there.
to wrest
/ˈɹɛst/
verb
to take something out of someone's hand usually by force
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1He was wresting with the challenge of connecting to his global team.
2And then you get the content of it: because you have sinned I will destroy you, I will wrest the kingship from you and so on.
3Soon he ventured on, wresting more Slavic tribes from Khazar control.
4In the northwestern uplands, the Illyrian army under a chieftain Bardylis had wrested control of strategic approaches, and was preparing to take the vulnerable heartland.
5Milton is really wresting this poem away from its source in scripture and he's pushing it toward an entirely new genre.
to wrench
/ˈɹɛntʃ/
verb
twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates
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1Some people saw the wrench.
2Some stars, like cool red dwarfs, throw another wrench into this system.
3Nature almost threw a wrench in its plans, though.
4Chimp Spanner equals monkey wrench.
5Now turn the wrench fully.
to wreak
/ˈɹik/
verb
cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
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1Even small disruptions in sleep can wreak havoc on safety and performance.
2-A Canadian goose is wreaking havoc in New Jersey.
3Hurricanes and typhoons would wreak havoc on the Earth's surface.
4Smoking cigarettes can wreak havoc on your lungs.
5Drugs wreaked havoc on this office.
wrath
/ˈɹæθ/
noun
belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)
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1Feel the wrath of my Steve Urkel slammer!
2In his grief, Achilleswrath knows no bounds.
3Comrades and enemies fled from its wrath.
4- And Florida man feels wrath out of the aluminum foil packaging of the chicken sandwich.
5Are you piling wrath.
to wrangle
/ˈɹæŋɡəɫ/
verb
to have a prolonged and complicated argument
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1So I'm wrangling the car.
2Just wonderful actors and the way he, Bob Riggle would just essentially wrangle cats.
3He wrangles alligators on his six pack.
4So, there was wrangling over the definition.
5Wrangle the cat into an unoccupied room by wrapping it in a heavy blanket.
candid
/ˈkændəd/, /ˈkændɪd/
adjective
speaking in an honest, straightforward, and unreserved manner
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1Just be candid here.
2This photo is a candid.
3It's much more candid.
4And he's candid.
5It's more candid.
candor
/ˈkændɝ/
noun
the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
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1I really appreciate your candor on this, Steve.
2Is this experimental candor?
3I struggle with radical candor.
4So Candor is telling the truth, honesty.
5Bring candor to the party right away.
neural
/ˈnjʊɹəɫ/, /ˈnʊɹəɫ/
adjective
of or relating to neurons
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1Neural networks are better than other methods for certain tasks like, image recognition.
2All mammals demonstrate on-going neural activity throughout their hearing pathways.
3The second concept is neural plasticity.
4These nodes are neural systems.
5Can neural networks play the game of Go?
to garner
/ˈɡɑɹnɝ/
verb
assemble or get together
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1However, one particular phrase garnered the interest of the police.
2The dishonest man likewise garners his own suffering and happiness.
3The dishonest man likewise garners his own suffering and happiness.
4Good thing, too, Fleabag's second season garnered a total of 11 Emmy nominations.
5The film garnered a nomination for Outstanding TV Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special at the 2007 NAACP Image Awards.
to garnish
/ˈɡɑɹnɪʃ/
verb
to make food look more delicious by decorating it
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1We garnish several dishes with it.
2Garnished with a little cilantro.
3But every drink needs garnish.
4The garnish is beautiful.
5Garnish the plates with basil leaves.

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