declamation
/dᵻklɐmˈeɪʃən/
nouna strong statement or a piece of writing that expresses certain feelings and opinions
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1. The clearest evidence of Bodley's 155 intended use in the musical declamation of the gospel is the addition of adiastematic neumes.
2. Now, if that's the sort of thing you know about Freud, you are not going to have a very high opinion of him or of his work, but at the core of Freud's declamation, the more interesting ideas, is a set of claims of a man's intellectual importance.
3. this brings us to the second technique, exaggerated declamation, where you take those natural fluctuations in speech and amplify them, like in All Black.
4. for me, though, one of the most interesting uses of exaggerated declamation comes from True Believer.
declamatory
/dᵻklˈæmətˌoːɹi/
adjectiveexpressing one’s feelings in a dramatic and forceful way
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1. While this claim caused beef between Three 6 Mafia and Cleveland's Bone Thugs N Harmony, the Memphis flow was declamatory, in your face, regular in meter, and more staccato than Bone Thugs's harmonic and more rhythmically complex group rapping.
declarative
/dᵻklˈæɹətˌɪv/
adjectiverelating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration
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1. Is it a declarative?
2. All declarative sentences have truth values.
3. Our memories of facts and events - and art and music - are declarative memories.
4. Mathematics generally expresses declarative knowledge.
5. Take a simple declarative sentence.
declension
/dəˈkɫɛnʃən/
noun(in the grammar of some languages) a group of nouns, pronouns, or adjectives changing in the same way to indicate case, number, and gender
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1. And so things like irregular conjugations, irregular declensions, irregular plurals-- if a language has irregular plurals, and all languages do.
2. In a time (I want to point this out) of spiritual declension and compromise, Micah prophesied a message across the span of three kings about justice, mercy, and humility, and it was amazing what he said.
3. So my story is one both about a certain type of declension, but also about the organized bar.
4. Elegant declensions and conjugations that stood the test of time in Modern Greek get tossed out when we listen to Tsakonian.
5. Try out double declensions, like in this ablative dative: you're coming from at home.
unspeakable
/ənˈspikəbəɫ/
adjectivedefying expression or description
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1. -Sexual abuse is an unspeakable taboo in the underworld.
2. Is it unspeakable?
3. These individuals have committed acts of unspeakable evil.
4. It's unspeakable.
5. It brings us unspeakable joy.
unsophisticated
/ˌənsəˈfɪstɪˌkeɪtɪd/
adjectivenot wise in the ways of the world
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1. Everyone knows ranch is a poor man's unsophisticated sauce.
2. You think, those unsophisticated realtors.
3. You're saying, those unsophisticated Equity Research Analysts.
4. So this is unsophisticated.
5. Or they are an Engineer, Engineers are unsophisticated.
to unsettle
/ənˈsɛtəɫ/
verbdisturb the composure of
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1. Unsettled that we have a new president who is attacking institutions of his own government.
2. Do racial differences unsettle you?
3. Unsettled a bit by the bump on the apex.
4. "Unsettle mind" means your mind cannot settle.
5. And what he found unsettled him even further.
unscrupulous
/ənsˈkɹupjəɫəs/
adjectivewithout scruples or principles
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1. Not engage in unscrupulous practices, et cetera.
2. Or an unscrupulous employer looking into a potential employees extracurricular activities.
3. They may be defrauded in certain unscrupulous transactions.
4. Other unscrupulous associates included Queen Liz, Big Mary, Kid Glove Rose, Black Lena Kleinschmidt and Old Mother Hubbard.
5. And something, very rarely, unscrupulous researchers will fake their results.
unscathed
/ənˈskeɪðd/
adjectivenot injured or harmed
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1. My laptop escaped completely unscathed.
2. One carrier, the Hiryu, remains unscathed.
3. Technologists, financiers, and the professions will emerge unscathed.
4. This wine glass is unscathed.
5. The general hospital right next door emerged largely unscathed.
to instigate
/ˈɪnstəˌɡeɪt/
verbprovoke or stir up
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1. A priest by the name of Girolamo Savonarola had instigated a fierce campaign against the House of Medici.
2. The president of the United States instigated an attempted coup in this country.
3. Trade policy has often instigated political controversy.
4. Instigating an awkward double invite that overwhelms Joanna.
5. This transition of power away from centralized banks and federal institutions, will instigate a very strong counterforce.
instigator
/ˈɪnstəˌɡeɪtɝ/
nounsomeone who initiates a particular thing
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1. People think of Trump as the instigator.
2. You are the instigator of so much dumb.
3. All right, and who is the instigator of the Spider-Verse?
4. - You're an instigator.
5. - You're an instigator.
to attribute
/ˈætɹəbˌjut/, /əˈtɹɪbˌjut/
verbto think or say that something is caused by a certain thing
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1. Our perceptual models perceptually attribute primitive perceptual qualities to the world.
2. Scientists attribute the cockroaches’ survivability to their simple bodies.
3. Sources attribute his retreat to different reasons.
4. Many scientists attribute agriculture to the rapid growth and global expansion of humans.
5. The researchers attributed this decline in health in large part to the rise in agriculture.
attrition
/əˈtɹɪʃən/
nounthe act of rubbing together; wearing something down by friction
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1. And industry people taught me attrition retention.
2. Sir, we have zero attrition rate.
3. Additionally, attrition rates are abysmal, anywhere from 10 to 50% depending on the school.
4. Unsurprisingly, attrition rates are significantly higher at Caribbean medical schools.
5. These are wars of attrition.
profane
/pɹoʊˈfeɪn/
adjectivecharacterized by profanity or cursing
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1. The German literate reversed this process with the profane French literature.
2. In 66 BC a Greek mob profaned the Caesarea synagogue, and that led to riots among the infuriated Jewish population.
3. This table is just profane.
4. So in the biblical view, the area or the land outside the Israelite camp is just common, profane land.
5. It is profane.
profanity
/pɹoʊˈfænəti/
nounvulgar or irreverent speech or action
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1. There's a lot of profanity.
2. I didn't use profanity.
3. Were you just using profanity with my son?
4. We shout profanities at our DM.
5. Stop the profanity with this behavior modification plan.
to oversee
/ˈoʊvɝˌsi/
verbto observe someone or an activity and check to see if everything is conducted properly
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1. The Shizuoka Crown Melon company oversee the distribution and checks on melons from over 200 farmers.
2. As chief marketing officer and then chief executive of Taco Bell, Nicole regularly oversaw the creation of new menu items.
3. The secretary oversees several offices.
4. Meanwhile at the Langley Research Center, the NSA Chief Martin and Arthur’s boss oversee an operation.
5. Many administrative service managers oversee the maintenance of buildings, grounds, and environmental practices.
overseer
/ˈoʊvɝˈsiɝ/
nouna person who directs and manages an organization
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1. The men have their own overseer, as the male doctors won’t answer to a woman.
2. No overseer never downed Her boss
3. There was a great deal of talk about it, Jefferson's overseer later remembered.
4. My storehouses are overflowing with you Lord, the overseer.
5. Check the word overseer.
irrational
/ˌɪˈɹæʃənəɫ/
adjectivenot based on reason, logic, or evidence
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1. The irrationals are like the blackness.
2. Is definitely irrational.
3. Your thoughts are irrational.
4. In this case emotion was irrational.
5. Also, thou shalt not disregard the irrational.
irreducible
/ɪɹɪdˈuːsəbəl/
adjectiveincapable of being made smaller or simpler
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1. So the chain is irreducible.
2. So it's not irreducible.
3. It would be irreducible.
4. Then that would not be irreducible anymore.
5. They are irreducible.
