to deride
/dɪˈɹaɪd/
verbto insult or make fun of someone as if they are stupid or worthless
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1. His newspaper, The Dearborn Independent, published 91 consecutive article deriding Jews.
2. He continued to deride democracy and to champion rule by a strong leader.
3. He spoke disrespectfully of the equator, he skipped from continent to continent, he derided the zones, he mopped up the high seas with his napkin.
4. This plan has been derided by the industry.
5. And often, people derided that as being childish.
derision
/dɝˈɪʒən/
nouncontemptuous laughter
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1. A constitutional afterthought and it was a position of derision.
2. And this little thought bubble of a Gold Commission was met with polite smiles and in some cases, outright derision, by the savants of the economics profession, especially the academic world.
3. Anything was more tolerable than this derision!
4. And when they tried to bring up these issues, they were greeted with derision.
5. Obama’s derision only served to encourage Putin to advance further into Ukraine.
arbiter
/ˈɑɹbɪtɝ/
nounsomeone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue
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1. Is the arbiter of truth the author?
2. This one comes from the greatest arbiter of mass culture, Oprah.
3. In the Bedouin tradition, the sheik is an arbiter, a settler of disputes.
4. But then you have to have an arbiter.
5. And the ultimate arbiter is the central bank.
arbitrary
/ˈɑɹbəˌtɹɛɹi/, /ˈɑɹbɪˌtɹɛɹi/
adjectivenot based on reason but on chance or personal impulse, which is often unfair
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1. -Those dates are arbitrary.
2. That target is arbitrary.
3. That date is arbitrary.
4. Components of vectors are arbitrary.
5. Those assumptions are typically arbitrary.
to arbitrate
/ˈɑɹbəˌtɹeɪt/
verbto officially resolve a disagreement between people
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1. The state Supreme Court ultimately was asked to arbitrate a case that invalidated the plan that was enacted in 2011 as a partisan gerrymander.
2. We will come in and arbitrate any situation for you impartially and without bias because we don't care.
3. The Spartans refused to arbitrate.
4. That's a lot of what the financial system is about is about arbitrating that.
5. During its four month occupation, Varus used this base of operations to conduct building projects, arbitrate inter-tribal disputes in the Roman fashion, and begin planting the seeds of Roman rule in Greater Germany.
arbitrator
/ˈɑɹbɪˌtɹeɪtɝ/
nounsomeone who is appointed to resolve a disagreement
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1. For example, some arbitrators may be biased towards the companies that give them cases.
2. Management takes their position, the union takes their position, the arbitrator has to pick one.
3. The arbitrator has to pick one.
4. Though closely related, the three work somewhat differently: Arbitrators hear and decide disputes.
5. Yeah, he's an arbitrator.
gastric
/ˈɡæstɹɪk/
adjectiveof or relating to the stomach
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1. Because non-selective NSAIDs inhibit COX-1, they may cause gastric irritation, peptic ulcer disease, and gastrointestinal bleeding.
2. Gastric ulcers typically form in the lesser curvature of the antrum.
3. B, final answer, gastric means stomach.
4. Without epithelial cells, the gastric acid would eat away at your stomach lining.
5. Sometimes the gastric irritation happens due to abnormal rhythms or movements of the stomach.
gastritis
/ɡæˈstɹaɪtəs/
nouninflammation of the lining of the stomach; nausea and loss of appetite and discomfort after eating
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1. "You have gastritis, teenage tantrum".
2. These vegetables don't only treat the bacteria, but also the ulcer and gastritis.
3. He can track the gastritis within days, much sooner than he had expected.
4. Coffee may also intensify symptoms of bowel conditions like gastritis, irritable bowel disorder, colitis, and Crohn's disease.
5. Olive oil's protective function also has a beneficial effect on ulcers and gastritis.
gastronomy
/ɡæˈstɹɑnəmi/
nounthe art, science, or activity of exploring how to prepare and eat good food
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1. I did look into molecular gastronomy.
2. And they're using in modern gastronomy.
3. Gastronomy takes on a spiritual dimension for Dali.
4. The market in Cantho is an example of the rich gastronomy of Vietnam.
5. - What is molecular gastronomy?
medial
/ˈmidiəɫ/, /ˈmidjəɫ/
adjectiverelating to or situated in or extending toward the middle
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1. Medial frontal cortex damage usually leads to mischievous dominant hands.
2. The default mode network is made up of the medial prefrontal cortex, the posterior cingulate cortex, the inferior parietal lobule, the lateral temporal cortex, the dorsal medial prefrontal cortex, and the hippocampal formation.
3. after that is the medial chord, the furthest point in the loop from your tonic.
4. so yeah, medial islands exist, but in my experience, the vast majority of islands are outgoing.
5. Classically, the knee will degenerate on the medial side of your knee due to some skeletal alignment issues or just the normal wear and tear process.
to mediate
/ˈmidiˌeɪt/
verbto help end a dispute between people by trying to find something on which everyone agrees
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1. The entire process from the start of menses to the beginning of the next menses is mediated by hormones.
2. Tools mediate the worker's relation to the world.
3. Your encounter with the world is always mediated.
4. Follicle development is mediated by FSH, a pituitary hormone.
5. The electrical part is mediated by electrolytes like sodium, potassium and calcium.
medieval
/miˈdivəɫ/, /mɪˈdivəɫ/, /mɪdˈjivəɫ/
adjectivebelonging or related to the Middle Ages, which was the period between the 5th and 15th centuries
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1. Medieval people loved color, bright color, richness.
2. This is not a medieval dogma.
3. Like their modern counterparts, medieval diagrams demonstrate.
4. Still, at least my car wasn't medieval.
5. With hundreds of years of scribal practice behind them, medieval scribes had amassed a treasure chest of symbols.
mediocre
/ˌmidiˈoʊkɝ/
adjectivehaving a moderate or average quality
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1. The car's performance was mediocre.
2. His productivity was mediocre.
3. Here, Harvey's lawyering skills are mediocre at best.
4. His work remains mediocre.
5. Being mediocre.
meditation
/ˌmɛdəˈteɪʃən/
nounthe act or practice of concentrating on the mind and letting go of negative energy or thoughts for religious reasons or for calming one's mind
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1. Meditation vibes.
2. Like, motion beats meditation.
3. Motion beats meditation.
4. Meditation enhances melatonin levels in your body.
5. Ever tried meditation.
provident
/ˈpɹɑvɪdənt/
adjectiveplanning and preparing for the future, particularly by managing one's finances
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providential
/ˌpɹɑvəˈdɛnʃəɫ/
adjectiverelating to or characteristic of providence
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1. Is that providential?
2. Another theme in the Book of Deuteronomy is the theme of providential concern, and that appears in Deuteronomy 8.
3. It's providential.
4. The colonists saw this as providential.
5. To them the accession of Elizabeth in 1558 had been a providential deliverance, a divine intervention in English affairs.
provincial
/pɹəˈvɪnʃəɫ/
adjectiveof or associated with a province
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1. A provincial court in Pakistan has ordered the release of the key suspect in the 2002 murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl.
2. One of the worst riots took place in the provincial capital of Urumqi.
3. However, recently, most provincial authorities have lifted this ban.
4. Our provincial government ignored 'em.
5. Be provincial.
provisional
/pɹəˈvɪʒənəɫ/
adjectiveunder terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon
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1. Finally, on March 15, 1917 the Russian parliament, the Dhuma, formed a provisional government.
2. The provisional government was overthrown.
3. Progress is provisional.
4. Provisional ballots have to be cured within three days.
5. Provisional ballots are counted.
proviso
/pɹəˈvaɪzoʊ/
nouna condition that needs accepting before making an agreement
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1. I'm happy to take questions with the proviso that you go to the microphone to ask them.
2. There's, also, a separations of POWER proviso in the CONSTITUTION.
3. I should, however, add a proviso.
4. Whether Proviso is frequently violated.
5. Well, there is one proviso.