to revise
/ɹiˈvaɪz/, /ɹɪˈvaɪz/
verbto make changes to something because of new information, etc.
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1. So I revised the model.
2. He revised the title of Roman Emperor.
3. Revise it.
4. So the Vietnamese government has revised their protocols now.
5. The company revised its net sales estimates for the full year down by 17%.
to gesture
/ˈdʒɛstʃɝ/
verbto express a meaning with a movement of the hands, face, head, etc.
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1. She would use hand gestures too.
2. Hitler carefully practiced his speaking, looking at himself in the mirror as he rehearsed and tried out various poses, and gestures, and facial expressions.
3. Intuitive gestures unearth the technology mystery and the sophistication behind the tool.
4. So check your gesture.
5. The painter gestured at a foul dropcloth.
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1. The improvements to Smart HDR are applicable across cameras.
2. Not all advice is applicable in every single situation or to every single person.
3. A similar logic is applicable to your life.
4. So variational inference in its classic form was applicable to only a small set of models.
5. The same thing is applicable for each zodiac sign.
application
/ˌæpɫəˈkeɪʃən/
nounthe act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose
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1. Applications only start with zero.
2. Wisdom is application.
3. Application is a two-step process.
4. - Another way is applications.
5. Application has four syllables.
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1. Thanks to our exuberant driving, my patient and Hammond's had lost a lot of life.
2. Exuberant costs, environmental concerns, and the fatal crash in 2000 led to the retiring of the fourteen Concordes in circulation.
3. I was exuberant and I'm loud.
4. Were they irrationally exuberant?
5. My life was not exuberant.
precision
/pɹiˈsɪʒən/
nounthe quality of being reproducible in amount or performance
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1. Factories and labs increase precision through better equipment and more detailed procedures.
2. I have precision.
3. The key to brioche is precision.
4. The lion killed the antelope with precision.
5. Alright, precision is the name of the game.
aquatic
/əˈkwætɪk/, /əˈkwɑtɪk/
adjectiverelated to or adapted for living or functioning in water
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1. Aquatic systems are fast.
2. Another treatment option is aquatic therapy.
3. Now these snakes, like the banded water snakes, are aquatic.
4. In addition, wild aquatic birds carry all known strains of influenza.
5. What's aquatic?
aqueduct
/ˈækwəˌdəkt/
nouna channel or pipeline used to transport water over a long distance, usually from a remote source to a town or city
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1. New aqueducts brought fresh water into the city.
2. - They got aqueducts on aqueducts on these things.
3. That aqueduct was begun during the time of Augustus.
4. The aqueduct at Segovia is right up there with the Pont du Gard at Nîmes as one of the great works of Roman engineering and of Roman architecture.
5. Moreover, these same aqueducts would transport water for public baths, latrines and fountains.
aqueous
/ˈeɪkwiəs/
adjectivesimilar to or containing or dissolved in water
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1. They are still in an aqueous solution.
2. That's also in an aqueous solution.
3. It's aqueous.
4. Lipoproteins enable transport of water-insoluble fats within aqueous environments.
5. This blocks the aqueous humor from flowing through the pupil into the anterior chamber.
dexterity
/dɛkˈstɛɹəti/, /dɛkˈstɛɹɪti/
nounthe ability to use one's hands or body skillfully and quickly to perform tasks
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1. This process requires dexterity, coordination, and an eye for design.
2. Initiative is your dexterity modifier?
3. Whole body dexterity improved too.
4. Manual dexterity improves.
5. Dexterity, strength, and stamina are also essential qualities in this field.
dexterous
/dˈɛkstɚɹəs/
adjectiveskillful or quick in using one's hands or body
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1. And some clams are particularly dexterous with their foot.
2. We are more dexterous.
3. -Yeah, I'm not that dexterous in the lab.
4. They use dexterous fingers to pick stems and pull up rhizomes.
5. But three months ago, they were much less dexterous.
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1. In fact, probably about 95% of Europeans never encountered the Renaissance's opulence or art or modes of thought.
2. Private jets represent an inconceivable level of opulence.
3. They respect a man of leisure and opulence.
4. This is opulence for under $5.
5. Shea Couleé is opulence.
opulent
/ˈɑpjəɫənt/
adjectiveostentatiously rich and superior in quality
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1. Basically, the most opulent thing you can think of.
2. An opulent Arabian buffet awaits them every evening.
3. The first floor is certainly opulent.
4. The word of the day, my friends, is opulent.
5. Later, they held an opulent religious service on the scenic Lake Maggiore in Italy.
