non sequitur
/nˈɑːn sˈɛkwɪtʃɚ/
noun(logic) a conclusion that does not follow from the premises
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1. And the combination of unexpected elements in surrealist artworks can seem likewise just as non sequitur.
2. There are many types of non sequitur fallacy, but across the board, they all contain a conclusion that doesn't follow from the premise.
3. Well, in the book, I argue that these are, in fact, non sequiturs.
nonchalance
/ˈnɑnʃəˈɫɑns/
nounthe trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern
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1. We want to find somewhere between alarmism and nonchalance, and we don't know where that is because we don't have enough information and there is a large degree of misinformation.
2. Listen to the nonchalance of the announcer and the reaction of the crowd.
3. Anton’s nonchalance shocks the French adventurers in the group.
4. Not following the traditional buttoning rules for things like suit jackets then, flouts the rules and communicates an air of nonchalance.
5. Well first of all, think of it as using a very traditional approach with a bit of nonchalance.
nonchalant
/ˌnɑnʃəˈɫɑnt/
adjectivebehaving in an unconcerned and calm manner
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1. Smile, thanks, a nonchalant high-five for opening the door.
2. Most people are just like this, all nonchalant.
3. He was just nonchalant.
4. And you're just so nonchalant about it!
5. Nonchalant, laid back.
noncombatant
/ˌnɑnkəmˈbætənt/
nouna member of the armed forces who does not participate in combat (e.g. a chaplain or surgeon)
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1. They discovered that Hemingway had violated his status as a noncombatant reporter on many occasions and he was charged with numerous rule violations.
2. And this little group of noncombatants fleeing in terror at lower right is in fact, Copley's family, his wife, his son, and his baby daughter, all sort of emblematic exiles and their maidservant over here, emblematic exiles in something of the way that they were in life.
3. Cyrus himself took every noncombatant, including servants, slaves and attendants north, arriving soon thereafter at a basin, which had been excavated years earlier to temporarily redirect the river.
4. It was ten of these new military divisions which made up a new Roman legion of around 6,000 men, with 4,800 legionaries and 1,200 noncombatants.
5. Sauma remarked his surprise that the Aragonese forces, unlike the Mongols, did not attack the noncombatants they came across.
noncommittal
/ˈnɑnkəˈmɪtəɫ/
adjectiverefusing to bind oneself to a particular course of action or view or the like
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1. And they were a bit more NONCOMMITTAL.
2. So first, it says this rather noncommittal statement: "One of the Trinity was incarnate."
3. So now she's also noncommittal.
4. He was pretty noncommittal saying that decision will be made on a Day-To-Day Basis.
5. He then makes a weird noncommittal statement, saying that he would have already been long gone if he had been up to no good with Cyndi.
nondescript
/ˈnɑndɪsˈkɹɪpt/
adjectivelacking distinct or individual characteristics; dull and uninteresting
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1. So we have a very nondescript box, a box within a box.
2. It's a very nondescript warehouse.
3. There is some nondescript corona virus illness.
4. making nondescript ornaments.
5. I have a nice nondescript wine.
nonentity
/nɑˈnɛntəti/
nouna person of no influence
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1. I think on the other end of the spectrum you have value brands that, you know, private label was kind of a nonentity in terms of what it stands for, now private-label brands are becoming large.
2. And he did then reinforce his previous statements that Jackson was a nonentity when he was on the Thunder.
3. Lorenzo would seem economically unimpressive next to Giorgio Armani, 8.5 billion, and a nonentity next Bill Gates, 79 billion.
nonpareil
/nˌɑːnpˈɛɹɪl/
nounmodel of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
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1. I've only had pareils, but I've never had nonpareils.
2. Use basic rainbow nonpareils.
to nonplus
/nˌɑːnplˈʌs/
verbbe a mystery or bewildering to
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1. And Mike was nonplussed by this question.
nonplussed
/nɑnˈpɫəst/
adjectivefilled with bewilderment
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1. We're, no we're nonplussed Geoff:
2. (LAUGHTER) and you couldn't have been more NONPLUSSED.
3. Marzi was not impressed and somewhat nonplussed about the icy statement.
4. The trial court was nonplussed and refused his request.
5. Paget was similarly nonplussed while being examined by the doctor.
nonresident
/nɑnˈɹɛzədənt/
nounsomeone who does not live in a particular place
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1. She is a nonresident Senior Research Fellow at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas Austin.
2. Some states like WASHINGTON cracking DOWN, telling nonresidents there's no VACCINE for them.
3. For more on what's driving the PROTESTS in MYANMAR, and the Military Coup, I spoke with Rudabeh Shahid, NONRESIDENT senior fellow at the Atlantic Council South Asia Center.
4. So a lot of the lower level jobs in China are done by people who are nonresidents who are there semi-illegally.
to undulate
/ˈəndʒəˌɫeɪt/
verbstir up (water) so as to form ripples
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1. Their tail also undulates like a snake or an alligator swimming.
2. but it's also - kinda undulates.
3. And I'm undulating through the air.
4. The winter tick or moose tick is an ectoparasite of undulates like deer and moose.
5. It undulates.
undulation
/ˌʌndʒuːlˈeɪʃən/
noun(physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
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1. This is the craziest undulation of putting.
2. The in-and-out undulation of the wall, through the traditional vocabulary of architecture, another sign that we're moving toward what I've called a baroque phase in Roman antiquity.
3. And you're going to hear an undulation between the sound.
4. But what they're seeing, way out there in the far reaches of the microwave background, is this kind of odd undulation.
5. And smoothing it out into an undulation.
unduly
/ənˈduɫi/
adverbto an undue degree
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1. So that is really unduly harm, creates so much burden on Asian American children.
2. I think that that's unduly simplistic.
3. Then you are alienated, unduly so.
4. It's not even unheard of that they were unduly prejudiced in one direction or another.
5. They should say we were simplifying unduly.
homogeneity
/ˌhɑmədʒəˈniəti/
nounthe quality or state of being uniform or consistent
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1. There's a homogeneity of audiences.
2. But it has made this homogeneity that I think is wonderful.
3. But again, even within that area, there is no homogeneity.
4. Yazidis are strong defenders of the unalterable homogeneity of the family unit and follow a social caste system.
5. One mustn't exaggerate all this into complete regional homogeneity, but there was a definite trend toward specialization of that kind within particular agricultural countries.
homologous
/hɑˈmɑɫəɡəs/
adjectivecorresponding or similar in position or structure or function or characteristics; especially derived from an organism of the same species
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1. Homologous recombination uses an undamaged section of similar DNA as a template.
2. They're homologous.
3. Now, in anaphase II, we don't have homologous pairs.
4. In this repair pathway, it takes a homologous piece of DNA.
5. So there are homologous substances in the aromatic series.
homonym
/ˈhɔmənɪm/
nouneach of two or more words with the same spelling or pronunciation that vary in meaning and origin
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1. No, that's a homonym.
2. That meaning would be a homonym though, not a polyseme.
3. Now, there are more English homonym pairs that use this same vowel sound.
4. And so this gets me to bill of credit as homonym, the idea that we have these compound words that mean many different things or evoke many different meanings.
5. Attacks on your opponent are ad homonyms.
homophone
/ˈhoʊmoʊˌfoʊn/
noun(grammar) one of two or more words with the same pronunciation that differ in meaning, spelling or origin
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1. Notice the homophone?
2. What are homophones?
3. They are homophones.
4. They're homophones.
5. These are homophones.
