to suspect
/ˈsəsˌpɛkt/, /səˈspɛkt/
verbto think that someone has committed a crime, without proof
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1. They suspect wrongful conviction.
2. Snow suspected a different source.
3. Never suspect a thing.
4. They suspect a parasite infection.
5. I suspect foul play.
suspense
/səˈspɛns/
nounan uncertain cognitive state
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1. His moments of silence hold the room in suspense.
2. The suspense is real.
3. You built up suspense.
4. Alright, the suspense is building.
5. We're building suspense right now.
suspicious
/səˈspɪʃəs/
adjectivedoubtful about the honesty of what someone has done and having no trust in them
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1. That clock looks suspicious.
2. The timing is so suspicious.
3. Her mother was suspicious.
4. No answer is suspicious.
5. This guy is suspicious.
collective
/kəˈɫɛktɪv/
adjectiveinvolving, done, or shared by all members of a group
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1. So collective conscience is ideas.
2. It means collective restoration.
3. First, reimagining collective bargaining.
4. So reimagining collective bargaining.
5. Collective societies work together towards a common understood aim.
collector
/kəˈɫɛktɝ/
nounsomeone who collects things, as a job or hobby
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1. Serious collectors typically consider these last inferior to the cherished first edition, first printing.
2. Sneaker collectors love sneakers.
3. Sneaker collectors love sneakers.
4. Collectors deal with overdue accounts.
5. Collectors love them.
visceral
/ˈvɪsɝəɫ/
adjectiverelating to or affecting the viscera
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1. But the issue of immigration is so visceral.
2. Visceral empathy comes from here, from the gut.
3. My other friend's reaction turns visceral.
4. So the reality of architecture is visceral.
5. That one's really very visceral.
viscid
/vˈɪsɪd/
adjectivehaving the sticky properties of an adhesive
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viscosity
/vɪˈskɑsəti/
nounresistance of a liquid to shear forces (and hence to flow)
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1. What is viscosity?
2. So what is viscosity?
3. Viscosity is looking great.
4. The viscosity is on p. -
5. This function of fiber depends on its viscosity.
viscount
/ˈvɪskaʊnt/
nouna British peer who ranks below an earl and above a baron
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1. We even have Sienna, who takes the time to say thank you, next to a literal viscount.
2. In September of 1839, Jardine arrived in London, where he started lobbying with the Secretary of British Foreign Affairs Henry John Temple, Viscount of Palmerston.
3. As well as the Duke of Argyle and chief of Clan Campbell, he's also the master of the royal household in Scotland, the Admiral of the Western Isles, Earl of Argyle, Earl of Campbell and Call, Viscount of Lochow and Glenyla, Lord of Inveraray, Mull, Morvern, and Tiree, Baronet Campbell, Baron Sundridge.
4. Of these titles, duke is the highest honor, followed by prince, earl, viscount, and baron.
5. The second season of Bridgerton could say a partial goodbye to the drama that is Simon and Daphne, and pay more attention to Anthony and his life as the Viscount.
viscous
/ˈvɪskəs/
adjectivehaving the sticky properties of an adhesive
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1. It's very viscous.
2. It's very viscous.
3. Blood is a viscous material.
4. It's more viscous.
5. Now glue is very viscous.
anthropocentric
/ˌænθɹəpəˈsɛntɹɪk/
adjectivehuman-centered
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1. So do we approach this world with humility, or do we really uphold a kind of anthropocentric view, human-centred view of life?
2. When one believes this species boundary determines treatment of those on the other side of it, one is said to have an anthropocentric perspective-- what is human is most important.
3. This is anthropocentric feminism.
4. One result is that, with anthropocentric feminism, they've also been absent from our theories.
5. I think that’s a very anthropocentric question: Are we going to survive?
anthropocentrism
/ˈænθɹəpˌoʊsəntɹˌɪzəm/
nounan inclination to evaluate reality exclusively in terms of human values
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1. If the taboo against anthropocentrism is being lifted, slowly, Robin Wall Kimmerer and Richard Powers are writing our way toward a more inclusive future, where community can be viewed as all life forms-- plants, animals, rocks, rivers, and human beings.
2. Job needs to move beyond the anthropocentrism that characterizes the rest of Scripture and the Genesis 1 account of creation, according to which humankind is the goal of the entire process of creation.
3. My problem with it is only its apparent anthropocentrism.
4. And therefore, anthropocentrism is inevitably andro-centric-- male-oriented.
5. This is an anthropomorphic affirmation of anthropomorphism and anthropocentrism.
anthropoid
/ˈænθɹəpˌɔɪd/
nouna group of primates that includes human beings, as well as other species that are closely related to humans
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1. In the end, perhaps all we can say is that the shy, sensitive boy from Halle was simply the perfect anthropoid.
anthropology
/ˌænθɹəˈpɑɫədʒi/
nounthe study of the origins and developments of the human race and its societies and cultures
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1. I studied anthropology and neuroscience.
2. I learned the word anthropology from my sixth grade teacher, Mr. Wey.
3. The anthropology of the dessert resurrection is really one of the most interesting parts of all of this.
4. I've done anthropology on the main statistical units.
5. One of them, from anthropology, is the study of human universals.
anthropomorphous
/ˈænθɹəpˌɑːmoːɹfəs/
adjectivesuggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things
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oblivion
/əˈbɫɪviən/
nounthe state of being disregarded or forgotten
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1. - We will take one point for knockin' him into oblivion.
2. Oblivion is another thing big pharma owns.
3. Smoked to oblivion, all right.
4. His name fell into oblivion.
5. Rescued from oblivion.
oblivious
/əˈbɫɪviəs/
adjective(followed by `to' or `of') lacking conscious awareness of
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1. The whole world is oblivious.
2. He is oblivious.
3. They're just oblivious.
4. But people are oblivious to my office hours.
5. The little moorhen in the reed beds is oblivious to his presence.
fortitude
/ˈfɔɹtɪˌtud/
nounmental and emotional strength and resilience in facing adversity, challenges, or difficult situations
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1. It requires fortitude.
2. And then we have fortitude next to peace and prudence.
3. - I have a fortitude of two. -
4. It requires emotional fortitude.
5. - Testicular fortitude is you're going to need.
to fortify
/ˈfɔɹtɪˌfaɪ/
verbto secure a place and make it resistant against attacks, particularly by building walls around it
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1. So this rice milk is fortified with 30% of the daily value.
2. Fortify all of the entryways.
3. Additionally, most commercially available breads are fortified.
4. Applewood cheese is actually fortified with calcium and B12 as well.
5. Wheat-containing products like sandwich bread and cereals are fortified with B vitamins and iron.
fortuitous
/fɔɹˈtuɪtəs/
adjectiveoccurring by chance and not intention
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1. This next fortuitous discovery is an oldie but a goodie: the invention of the implantable pacemaker.
2. It was very fortuitous.
3. In a lot of ways, the internet is a fortuitous accident.
4. The timing was fortuitous as the British Admiralty was planning another Arctic expedition.
5. It requires a fortuitous alignment.