prehensile
/pɹɪhˈɛnsaɪl/
adjective
adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object
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1Its prehensile forelegs trap anything within reach.
2And that long tail is prehensile.
3See this prehensile tail.
4Now, all of these legs are prehensile.
5And it's actually prehensile.
prehension
/pɹɪhˈɛnʃən/
noun
the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)

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abundant
/əˈbəndənt/
adjective
present in great quantity
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1Water is abundant.
2The universe is abundant.
3Butterflies are abundant.
4The sudden influx of water launches the desert floor into action and the blooms are abundant.
5The benefits of mindfulness are abundant.
superabundant
/sˌuːpɚɹɐbˈʌndənt/
adjective
most excessively abundant
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1Carefully compare the opposing army with your own, so that you may know where strength is superabundant and where it is deficient.
2He did gaze, however, and said to himself that his features had never before possessed so rich a grace, nor his eyes such vivacity, nor his cheeks so warm a hue of superabundant life.
3Carefully compare the opposing army with your own, so that you may know where strength is superabundant and where it is deficient.
4Carefully compare the opposing army with your own, so that you may know where strength is superabundant and where it is deficient.
5Those are not things that can come from government officials almost by definition because they involve things like care, and affection, and all of the things that make for the superabundant good of rearing a happy child to have been realized.
to superannuate
/sˌuːpɚɹˈænjuːˌeɪt/
verb
retire and pension (someone) because of age or physical inability
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1[The mind of Europe is] a mind which changes, and that this change is a development which abandons nothing en route which does not superannuate either Shakespeare or Homer, or the rock drawing of the Magdalenian draftsman.
supercilious
/ˌsupɝˈsɪɫiəs/
adjective
treating others as if one is superior to them
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1In other words, it's not a completely supercilious argument, sort of "God is brought into being the same way objects that we make use of are brought into being."
2Pride loves itself, and treats those beneath it with supercilious contempt, for love of self and contempt for others are always found together in equal degrees, so that the greater the self love, the greater the arrogance.
superficial
/ˌsupɝˈfɪʃəɫ/
adjective
not analyzing or examining something in a complete or detailed way
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1But that outward beauty is superficial.
2The plastic piece on top is purely superficial.
3So superficial damage is kind of irrelevant.
4Fortunately, the crack in the shell is only superficial.
5Its appeal is mostly superficial.
superfluity
/sˌuːpɚfljˈuːɪɾi/
noun
extreme excess
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1Tea tables and other foreign superfluities have given place to spinning wheels, looms.
2All of us suffer from a fear of superfluity, which the requirements of others has a critical capacity to appease.
3Might it be possible for a society to develop that allows for consumers spending and therefore provides employment and welfare yet of a kind directed at something other than vanities and superfluities?
4It is no mean happiness, therefore, to be seated in the mean: superfluity come sooner by white hairs, but competency lives longer.
5They thought to make up the lack of a head by a superfluity of hands.
superfluous
/ˈsupɝfɫˌwəs/
adjective
more than is needed, desired, or required
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1--or a superfluous mission.
2The h is completely superfluous.
3It's quite superfluous.
4The rest is almost totally superfluous.
5So the whole concept of deposit insurance is completely superfluous here.
afire
/əˈfaɪɹ/
adjective
lighted up by or as by fire or flame
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1What happened was the barracks in which the women are working is set afire by a German prisoner of war.
2Some of the departing campers set the dwellings afire with their own hands, causing a ball of smoke to swirl upward toward the Capitol itself.
3There are only two months to go until Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker brings the nine film Skywalker Saga to an end, and with the internet afire with rumors that a new trailer could drop as early as next week, fans are gobbling up every little tidbit of information they can like Jabba the Hutt eating a Klatooine Paddy Frog.
4Yesterday, a Poplar told me of old forest heavy with fruit that I'd call uncle, bursting red pulp and set afire, a harvest of dark wind chimes.
5Maybe your pappy slipped it out there and set it afire, a third said.
afoot
/əˈfʊt/
adverb
on foot; walking
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1The game is afoot.
2The game is afoot.
3The game is afoot!
4The game is afoot.
5The drama was afoot!
aforesaid
/əˈfɔɹˌsɛd/
adjective
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
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1Afore, aforesaid.
2Moreover, all these aforesaid customs and liberties, the observance of which we have granted in our kingdom as far as pertains to us toward our men, shall be observed by all of our kingdom, as well clergy as laymen, as far as pertains to them toward their men.
3An oath, moreover, has been taken, as well on our part as on the part of the barons, that all these conditions aforesaid shall be kept in good faith and without evil intent.
4Moreover, all these aforesaid customs and liberties, the observances of which we have granted in our kingdom as far as pertains to us towards our men, shall be observed b all of our kingdom, as well clergy as laymen, as far as pertains to them towards their men.
5An oath, moreover, has been taken, as well on our part as on the part of the barons, that all these conditions aforesaid shall be kept in good faith and without evil intent.
afresh
/əˈfɹɛʃ/
adverb
again but in a new or different way
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1"It is colder for my son," said the old woman, and wept afresh.
2Silicon Valley had been my dream, so we uprooted our lives and we started afresh.
3A new generation will suffer afresh.
4In reality, there would be a possibility to relocate, to start afresh in another domain, to find someone else, to navigate around the disastrous event.
5He returned home in the most happy frame of mind, took off his cloak, and hung it carefully on the wall, admiring afresh the cloth and the lining.
mantel
/ˈmæntəɫ/
noun
a shelf located above a fireplace, typically included in a frame that surrounds it
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1This is the mantel.
2People often place, photos, clocks and knickknacks on the mantel.
3First things first, we are going to install the mantel.
4Or highlight your mantel or fireplace?
5Then add the mantel shelf into place on top.
mantle
/ˈmæntəɫ/
noun
shelf that projects from wall above fireplace
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1After the crust, comes the mantle.
2And mantle upwellings drive volcanic activity.
3People have taken the mantle, just like The Flash: Jay Garrick to Barry Allen to Wally West.
4The mantle has a bunch of iron, magnesium, and aluminum.
5Turn the mantle into a magazine-worthy focal point with lanterns and sculptural decor.
querulous
/ˈkwɛɹəɫəs/
adjective
habitually complaining
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1I don’t feel as if it was worth while to turn my hand over for anything, and I’m getting dreadfully fretful and querulous.
2I don’t feel as if it was worth while to turn my hand over for anything, and I’m getting dreadfully fretful and querulous.
to query
/ˈkwiɹi/
verb
pose a question
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1And you guys probably have more data about consumer activity, business queries.
2Google Trends also shows related queries.
3"I have a query."
4"I have a query."
5But query whether it's little more than a prettier version of gentrification.
to frizz
/ˈfɹɪz/
verb
(of hair) to become or cause to become tightly curled
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1But now I want regular frizz.
2Now you're regular frizz.
3but now I want regular Frizz.
4Now you're regular Frizz.
5- It eliminates your frizz, and it also seals your split-ends.
to frizzle
/ˈfɹɪzəɫ/
verb
curl tightly
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1The women have copper beads twisted round their heads of frizzled hair, and they are clad in skirts of indigo blue.
2'And I,' said the younger, 'I shall wear sere green velvet and satin embroidered with gold, and I will frizzle up my hair and tie it with amber silk ribbons.'
3When the time approached they made Cinderella lace them, and patch them, and paint them, and frizzle them, and shoe them.
4Color variation for the Polish chicken is vast, but they can also differ in terms of being bearded, non-bearded or frizzle feathered.
5Is it cory in the house Is it miss Frizzle?

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