inflammable
/ɪnˈfɫæməbəɫ/
adjectivecapable of easily catching fire
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1. - It's inflammable.
2. But if it was inflammable, it wouldn't be a word.
3. If enough dirt and trash can be accumulated an otherwise fireproof building will become inflammable.
4. A highly inflammable combination that rages through the region's forests every year.
5. Boys are highly inflammable by nature, and conflicts arose daily.
inflammatory
/ɪnˈfɫæməˌtɔɹi/
adjectivecharacterized or caused by inflammation
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1. Your second line of defense is your inflammatory response.
2. Inflammatory factors, already mentioned those.
3. Those particles, then, can start an inflammatory response.
4. The word agenda is very inflammatory.
5. The heme iron in animal products is inflammatory.
whim
/ˈhwɪm/, /ˈwɪm/
nounan odd or fanciful or capricious idea
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1. One not tied down to the whims of society.
2. We followed our whims.
3. I quit my job on a whim.
4. You often make decisions on a whim.
5. Rules were adapted to his whims.
whimsical
/ˈhwɪmzɪkəɫ/, /ˈwɪmzɪkəɫ/
adjectivebehaving spontaneously, unpredictably, or odd in an amusing or annoying manner
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1. He's whimsical.
2. They're whimsical.
3. - You're more whimsical.
4. Her clothing features whimsical prints like shrimp and feministy uteruses.
5. It's very whimsical.
tacit
/ˈtæsɪt/
adjectivesuggested or understood without being verbally expressed
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1. For many years, that tacit agreement with the Russian people held.
2. He's got home turf, tacit psychological advantage.
3. There’s a tacit pressure to tip.
4. In law school, her early writing-- her intellectual practice-- enacted a tacit theory.
5. Hoover had the tacit permission of President Eisenhower and, soon after, President Kennedy.
taciturn
/ˈtæsɪˌtɝn/
adjectivetending to be reserved and untalkative, in a way that makes one seem unfriendly
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1. I was astonished at the change that came over the taciturn and dignified woman.
2. The Tractatus is a plea by a very taciturn, silent and precise Austrian philosopher to speak more carefully and less impulsively.
3. He was famously taciturn and he said little.
4. Among the females, taciturn Ella is outranked by headstrong Madonna.
5. Among the females, taciturn Ella is outranked by headstrong Madonna.
tact
/ˈtækt/
nounconsideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offense
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1. But the shoe stayed perfectly in tact.
2. Maybe I lack some tact.
3. Charlie has no tact.
4. Bella’s hair and makeup is still perfectly in tact!
5. DiRT Rally's reputation as Dark Souls on gravel remains in tact.
tactician
/tækˈtɪʃən/
nouna person who is skilled at planning tactics
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1. The master tactician has pulled the wool over your eyes!
2. But the tactician is never afraid.
3. He's a tactician!
4. Come on Tactician!
5. Tactician always has another card.
tactics
/ˈtæktɪks/
nounthe branch of military science dealing with detailed maneuvers to achieve objectives set by strategy
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1. He tried different TACTICS, none of THEM worked.
2. Adopt their TACTICS.
3. We promised to cover various tactics and strategies used by the generals throughout history in our Armies and Tactics series.
4. His reform is one of the focal points of the Roman military and political history and we will cover it in our Armies and Tactics series.
5. But even if you don't know him from any of that you're certainly going to know him for his most recent book, "Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World Class Performers."
barograph
/bˈæɹəɡɹˌæf/
nouna recording barometer; automatically records on paper the variations in atmospheric pressure
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barometer
/bɝˈɑmɪtɝ/
nounan instrument that measures atmospheric pressure
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1. yeah, you'd need a ten meter long barometer.
2. It's a barometer.
3. And that is kind of the barometer.
4. Assemble the barometer by first placing the bottle inside the jar in an inverted position.
5. Somebody check the barometer.
to implicate
/ˈɪmpɫɪˌkeɪt/
verbto involve or suggest someone's participation or connection in a crime or wrongdoing
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1. So, much to their surprise, their data-driven approach implicated viruses.
2. So far, at least 175 teachers have been implicated.
3. And Prabha's essay certainly implicates that directly.
4. Hundreds genes have been implicated.
5. They implicated actually, the Spanish government, amazingly.
implicit
/ˌɪmˈpɫɪsət/
adjectiveable to suggest without directly mentioning
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1. - These biases are implicit.
2. - You're implicit!
3. We all have implicit biases.
4. We all have implicit biases.
5. Two things are implicit in this notation:
to imply
/ˌɪmˈpɫaɪ/
verbto suggest something is true or existent without saying it directly
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1. Implying a locationality.
2. Implying the transition.
3. Disappointment implies some acceptance.
4. Five implied.
5. Shiny strands imply good health and hygiene.
lax
/ˈɫæks/
adjectivelacking in rigor or strictness
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1. I actually went to LAX.
2. They bought LAX?
3. It's by LAX.
4. On the other side of the coin, states like North Carolina or Ohio have relatively lax charter school regulations.
5. And the constraints on fundamental freedoms were lax for the first time since 1962.
laxative
/ˈɫæksətɪv/
adjectivestimulating evacuation of feces
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1. Laxatives are used daily by 10% of older adults and 75% of nursing home residents.
2. - Put laxatives in their spaghetti.
3. - I'm doing the laxatives.
4. I've never taken laxatives.
5. Laxatives, alright, we got it!
laxity
/ˈɫæksəti/
nounthe quality of being lax and neglectful
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1. The laxity shown by Barbatio was in fact the first act in his spiteful noncooperation with Julian.
2. The timeless province of power and riches was incredibly vulnerable, weakened by years of military laxity and alienated from the imperial authorities in Constantinople by long-standing cultural and religious differences.
3. Back in captured Acre, churches were reconsecrated and the entirety of the city was swiftly re-Christianised, but there was no time for laxity after this success.
4. You cannot fail to have remarked the extreme laxity of the examination of the corpse.
5. The UK has some form for laxity.
felon
/ˈfɛɫən/
nounsomeone who has committed or has been legally found guilty of a serious crime
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1. Now the vast majority of states only limit political rights for felons.
2. Is this person still a felon?
3. Felons categorically lie outside the scope of the Second Amendment.
4. I assume "felon."
5. - I am a felon.
felonious
/fɛˈɫoʊniəs/
adjectiveinvolving or being or having the nature of a crime
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1. On the rare occasions that he was free of both, he typically engaged in romantic trysts or felonious ventures.
2. I discern the meaning of felony by focusing on what jurors found not to be felonious.
3. The story of his life left a dubious legacy: felonious violence was a valid path to wealth for the disenfranchised immigrants.
4. On the 15th, Marshall was officially charged with aggravated murder and felonious assault.
5. In 2008, Mr. Wilkins was in court for a felonious assault charge.
felony
/ˈfɛɫəni/
nouna serious crime such as arson, murder, rape, etc.
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1. because he has felonies.
2. He has a felony?
3. He has a felony?
4. - I have a felony.
5. I got four felonies.