regime
/ɹeɪˈʒim/, /ɹəˈʒim/
nouna system of governing that is authoritarian and usually not selected in a fair election
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1. The regime is overthrown.
2. The regime, regardless of the Caudillo’s age, was nearing its end.
3. First, his regime ousted from positions of power the former secular allies.
4. What are regime politics?
5. Every regime shapes a common character, a common character type with distinctive traits and qualities.
regimen
/ˈɹɛdʒəmən/
nouna set of instructions given to someone regarding what they should eat or do to maintain or restore their health
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1. This is my skincare regimen.
2. - Got back on the regimen?
3. What's my new workout regimen?
4. This fat soluble vitamin is awesome for your beauty regimen.
5. Phil's training regimen doesn't allow for free bagels.
collegian
/kəˈɫidʒən/
nouna student (or former student) at a college or university
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1. It's timeless, it could be about any war, although collegians don't go to war anymore very much in America.
colleague
/ˈkɑɫiɡ/
nounsomeone with whom one works
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1. A colleague was physically there.
2. My colleague brought her dog, her very small dog, DJ, in today.
3. Hopefully young colleagues will continue the research on this very exciting period of mankind.
4. The woman loved her colleague.
5. The woman loved the colleague.
ambiguity
/ˌæmbɪɡˈjuəti/
nounan expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context
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1. The ambiguity is suppressed.
2. Cracks and other imperfections enhance their ambiguity.
3. I like that ambiguity.
4. ambiguity implies confusion.
5. Moral ambiguity takes off.
ambiguous
/æmˈbɪɡjuəs/
adjectivehaving multiple meanings and being open to different interpretations, which can be intentional at times
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1. The statute is ambiguous.
2. Relationships are ambiguous.
3. Her answer was ambiguous.
4. French law is ambiguous.
5. Our next word is ambiguous.
lumen
/ˈɫumən/
nouna unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions
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1. 2640 lumens.
2. The open lumens can be lined with endothelial cells to more closely mimic human blood vessels, a critical feature for oxygen delivery.
3. The old one was 3000 lumens but this is definitely way brighter.
4. We've got 0.35 lumens on one of our black squares and 23.9 on one of our white square.
5. You get 1200 lumens of brightness.
luminary
/ˈɫuməˌnɛɹi/
nouna celebrity who is an inspiration to others
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1. Yes we have a podcast on Luminary.
2. And a baseball luminary got very angry at us.
3. His subjects include luminaries like Steve Jobs, Leonardo da Vinci, Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, and now the first woman, who is the sole subject of his latest book.
4. I really like the stability of the luminaries.
5. All sorts of really interesting luminaries, LED lights that work upon contact with water.
luminous
/ˈɫumənəs/
adjective(of colors) having a very bright shade
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1. Stars like this are extremely luminous, and can be seen for tremendous distances.
2. And they are luminous.
3. And that’s about twice as luminous as typical AGN!
4. The layer of fat around the body was thin and luminous as a veil of clouds at dusk.
5. - Can we change the walls here to a luminous gold.
lummox
/lˈʌmɑːks/
nounan awkward stupid person
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1. "Get off me, you big lummox!"
sympathetic
/ˌsɪmpəˈθɛtɪk/
adjectiveof or relating to the sympathetic nervous system
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1. The sympathetic is very vigilant.
2. The first installment of his story through about 2 Samuel 5, is clearly sympathetic to David and favorable to David.
3. A good portion of the population, Particularly the folks in New England, were still sympathetic to Britain.
4. Blacks are more sympathetic to other blacks.
5. Her sisters were sympathetic to Kim’s agony.
symphonic
/sɪmˈfɑnɪk/
adjectiveconnected with or in form of a symphony
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1. That is what they're technically known in the orchestral world, in the symphonic world, as I am entering into.
2. Maybe it's the symphonic sound effect that masks the transition.
3. To me, it's like beautifully symphonic, and I don't like serving it on s'ghetti. -
4. He brings this military instrument in to the symphonic orchestra to add depth to the lower part of the brasses.
5. To me it's like a symphonic motif, a motif repeated and expanded upon in a different key.
symphony
/ˈsɪmfəni/
nouna long and sophisticated musical composition written for a large orchestra, in three or four movements
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1. The symphony starts now, the music.
2. What is Zara Larsson's symphony about?
3. Georges Bizet wrote this symphony.
4. Symphonies generally have four movements.
5. The largest cruise ship in the world is the Symphony of the Seas.
symptomatic
/ˌsɪmptəˈmætɪk/
adjectivecharacteristic or indicative of a disease
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1. they're very symptomatic.
2. You should be symptomatic for Alzheimer's.
3. While there’s currently no cure, treatment includes symptomatic management, regular exercise, and mitochondrial cocktail supplements.
4. And the events per group are events of symptomatic COVID.
5. Avoiding mental challenges may be symptomatic of a larger problem.
to intercede
/ˌɪntɝˈsid/
verbto talk to someone in order to persuade them to help settle an argument or not to punish someone else
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1. Fortunately, after a few months, the master at King’s School interceded on Isaac’s behalf, convincing Hannah that he was best suited back with them.
2. Unfortunately for him other things intercede.
3. We can intercede.
4. And because people interceded on her behalf.
5. He interceded many times on behalf of clients in his hometown Arpinum, for which he functioned as a collective patron of the entire settlement.
to intercept
/ˌɪnɝˈsɛpt/, /ˌɪntɝˈsɛpt/
verbseize on its way
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1. Intercepted. -
2. So intercept the leg, the hand, the body.
3. Intercept intention.
4. The commission also intercepted letters and petitions from Grandier’s supporters.
5. His troops intercepted the enemy near Mediolanum.
intercession
/ˌɪnɝˈsɛʃən/, /ˌɪntɝˈsɛʃən/
nounthe action of talking to someone so that they help settle an argument or show kindness to someone else
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1. Saint Joseph, do assist me, empower intercession and obtain me-- - That's it?
2. This temporary alienation from God is ultimately repaired through Moses' intense prayer and intercession.
3. The notion that I, possessor of spiritual reserves and spiritual power, can pray for you, sinful knight, sinful king, sinful merchant, is called intercession.
4. After his death, then, his intercession was invoked across Europe, and his cult spread from country to country.
5. You will need An exemplary life and miracles attributed to your intercession.
intercessor
/ˌɪntɚsˈɛsɚ/
nouna negotiator who acts as a link between parties
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1. This idea that martyrs could be intercessors for living Christians develops.
2. I'll not be made a soft and dull-eyed fool, To shake the head, relent, and sigh, and yield To Christian intercessors.
3. Remember Turkey is the only country that recognizes the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus as a sovereign state So on the world stage, the Republic of Cyprus Kinda acts as a universal intercessor for the entire island.
4. They have relations with so many countries in every region of the world, and especially in the Latin world as they try to act neutral and oftentimes as a diplomatic intercessor for conflicts in the area.
nihilist
/nˈaɪəlˌɪst/
nounan advocate of anarchism
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1. A nihilist, annihilate?
2. Is Eric Andre a nihilist?
3. We're going to wind up with kind of nihilist assertion of the inevitability of the triumph of the will, the triumph of power.
4. He is not a nihilist.
5. However I’m no nihilist.
nil
/ˈnɪɫ/
nouna quantity of no importance
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1. They end up with nil.
2. Basically, there's nil at times.
3. If the slope is nil, the climate's chill.
4. For a long time, the chances of that seemed nil.
5. - Wow. - Organization in the closet is nil.
