orthodox
/ˈɔɹθəˌdɑks/
adjectivecommonly acknowledged ideas, beliefs, or practices
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1. Most of these cases have occurred in orthodox Jewish communities.
2. Orthodox means by the strict letter.
3. Orthodox and Catholic churches are also seeing a strong influx of support.
4. Six years ago, he left an orthodox community.
5. Their dad was an Orthodox minister.
orthodoxy
/ˈɔɹθəˌdɑksi/
nouna belief or orientation agreeing with conventional standards
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1. MAN: It certainly was challenging the orthodoxy.
2. Earvin Johnson defied basketball orthodoxy.
3. So orthodoxy is definitively dualist.
4. So critique-- the orthodoxy is wrong.
5. That includes the neoclassical orthodoxy for Tammy, the Marxist orthodoxy, the liberal progressive regulatory orthodoxy.
grandeur
/ɡɹænˈduɹ/
nounthe quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand
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1. They have delusions of grandeur.
2. So that, instead of grandeur, the book of Shakespeare becomes the source for the names of dogs.
3. And they often have delusions of grandeur.
4. Meanwhile the spectacle about us became of sovereign grandeur.
5. Reality and history have endowed that title with grandeur.
grandiloquence
/ɡɹˈændɪlˌɑːkwəns/
nounhigh-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
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grandiloquent
/ɡɹænˈdɪɫəkwənt/
adjectivepuffed up with vanity
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1. So it's nice to have a grandiloquent, overarching philosophy of never do anything.
2. This is a kind of grandiloquent argument for fiction as opposed to history.
grandiose
/ˈɡɹændiˌoʊs/, /ˌɡɹændiˈoʊs/
adjectiveimpressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur; used to show disapproval
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1. Grandiose narcissists pursue attention and power, sometimes as politicians, celebrities, or cultural leaders.
2. Next is grandiose type.
3. There's grandiose delusions.
4. Number one, has a grandiose sense of self-importance.
5. Dexamethasone, rare side effect of the drug includes grandiose delusions.
mountaineer
/ˈmaʊntɪˌnɪɹ/
nounsomeone who climbs mountains
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1. His footloose prototype was an intrepid mountaineer.
2. Who's a-- is mountaineer the right term?
3. Today our speaker is Conrad Anker, climber, mountaineer, author.
4. And it said mountaineers.
5. Mountaineers are in distress because they can't conquer mountain peaks anymore.
mountainous
/ˈmaʊntənəs/
adjectivebeing very large; having the characteristics of a mountain
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1. And high masses of clouds can indicate mountainous islands.
2. Around 80% of the country is mountainous.
3. Over 80% of the country is mountainous with the tallest point - Hvannadalshnúkur.
4. Perhaps the most attractive feature of the lake is its mountainous surroundings.
5. Two-thirds of the island are mountainous.
to alter
/ˈɔɫtɝ/
verbto cause something or someone to be different; to experience a change
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1. Changes in both law and in business practices also altered the industry.
2. And those changes dramatically altered the coastline of California, as well as the size of the Channel Islands themselves.
3. Altering the chemical structure of the ingredients.
4. But a chance encounter at Sydney University altered my life forever.
5. An increase of that magnitude would radically alter the Earth's geography.
alteration
/ˌɔɫtɝˈeɪʃən/
nounan event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
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1. These alterations have not received scholarly attention.
2. Others would need alterations.
3. Number 5 is clothing alterations.
4. Nine is the alterations tailor.
5. This alteration is just cosmetic.
to altercate
/ˈɑːltɚkˌeɪt/
verbhave a disagreement over something
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to alternate
/ˈɔɫtɝˌneɪt/, /ˈɔɫtɝnət/
verbdo something in turns
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1. The book of Micah itself structurally alternates three prophecies of doom with three prophecies of restoration or hope.
2. The devotees alternate their religious customs without any problems.
3. The devotees alternate their religious customs without any problems.
4. The next move is alternating leg raises.
5. The next exercise is alternating knee tucks.
alternative
/ɔɫˈtɝnətɪv/
adjectiveavailable as an option for something else
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1. There is now a surgical alternative to improve hearing without an external device.
2. So, we have alternatives.
3. Dividend-paying stocks and REITs are alternatives as well.
4. Even the best pianists are using electric alternatives now.
5. We all use alternatives, all the time.
retroactive
/ˌɹɛtɹoʊˈæktɪv/
adjectiveapplied or taken effect from a past date or event
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1. He received a one-year retroactive suspension as well as fines related to his pay from the event.
2. And in some countries, there's a risk of retroactive damages for patent infringement once the patent is granted.
3. In this case it is, once again, a retroactive ironization of that earlier utopian moment.
4. Did you know the store offers retroactive pricing?
5. Home Depot offers one-month long retroactive price protection.
to retrograde
/ˈɹɛtɹəˌɡɹeɪd/
verbgo back over
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1. So, this retrograde analysis is used in different places.
2. B.'s retrograde nonsense, which prompted B.o.
3. These are called retrograde and anterograde amnesia, respectively.
4. I call this retrograde humanism.
5. We usually ask his mercury in retrograde again
to retrogress
/ɹˌɛtɹoʊɡɹˈɛs/
verbgo back to bad behavior
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1. Now I claim to you in the early going that in this most improbable setting of progress, innovation, and to be sure, of imagination, that in the very important realm of finance and credit, we are not progressing, but rather retrogressing?
to retrospect
/ˈɹɛtɹəˌspɛkt/
verblook back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember
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1. In retrospect, the Hartford Convention proposals actually look pretty reasonable.
2. In retrospect, it made a ton of sense.
3. Justinian's empire was overextended at least in retrospect.
4. This was out of retrospect.
5. In retrospect, the timing of the news was highly unfortunate.
indigent
/ˈɪndɪdʒənt/
adjectiveextremely poor or in need
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1. And criminal defendants have precious few rights, even-- they don't even have if indigent rights to government counsel, a lawyer at public expense.
2. He also championed indigent defense and was beloved by everyone.
3. Usually, it's for indigent clients.
4. By the end of this year, we would have contributed over one million dollars in indigent care.
5. We have a large indigent patient population where we are.
indigestible
/ˌɪndɪdʒˈɛstəbəl/
adjectivedigested with difficulty
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1. But this energy is raw and indigestible.
2. He also found octopus beaks, the cephalopods' hard, indigestible jaws.
3. It's indigestible.
4. The bones and feathers and indigestible parts go another direction.
5. A bezoar is a mass of indigestible food material.
indigestion
/ˌɪndaɪˈdʒɛstʃən/
nouninability to digest food that leads to recurrent pain or discomfort in one's upper abdomen
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1. In fact, indigestion isn't a sign of a valve defects.
2. It might mean simple indigestion.
3. Indigestion is discomfort in your upper abdomen.
4. Meals with capsaicin can cause heartburn and indigestion.
5. All types of booze can cause indigestion.