terminal
/ˈtɝmənəɫ/
adjective(of an illness) having no cure and gradually leading to death
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1. The terminal has two MetroNap sleep pods.
2. Where is my terminal?
3. They have terminal illnesses.
4. Do both terminals.
5. Failure is not terminal.
to terminate
/ˈtɝməˌneɪt/
verbto bring something to a standstill or to end it completely
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1. What can be done to terminate the steady destruction of the oceans?
2. You know, they have the right to terminate channels as they see fit, to suspend channels as they see fit.
3. Appropriate actions include warning, suspending or terminating a bad actor's account.
4. They terminated the both of us within about 20 seconds of each other.
5. In Europe, about 92 % of all pregnancies where it's detected are terminated.
terminus
/ˈtɝmɪnəs/
nouneither end of a railroad or bus route
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1. The glacier’s terminus has receded 3km since 1870.
2. We are at the terminus of Russel Glacier, of the Greenland ice sheet.
3. They wanted federal subsidies for a Western Pacific Railroad, at least one, with a southern terminus.
4. But then there's the terminus of the glacier.
5. Atlanta was Terminus.
catholic
/ˈkæθɫɪk/
adjectiveincluding a wide range of things that are different and varied
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1. Catholics were abominations.
2. Trump was raised Catholic.
3. So a rooster still sounds very Catholic.
4. But the majority of the population is Catholic.
5. My grandpa was strict Catholic.
catholicism
/kəˈθɔɫəˌsɪzəm/
nounthe beliefs and practices of a Catholic Church
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1. During this time, he converted to Catholicism.
2. My family survived Catholicism.
3. MATT PORTER: One of the biggest arguments against a Kennedy run was his Catholicism.
4. Catholicism - has had a very good influence on art.
5. Catholicism is bad.
to incise
/ˌɪnˈsaɪz/
verbmake an incision into by carving or cutting
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1. The last person, I just incised his abscess, was methamphetamine, and most probably that would have killed him, if it burst inside.
2. We are in the home of John the potter who is a charter member of the Aristides political club, and what they are doing is sitting about chatting as they incise or paint the name onto a ostrakon, the name is Themistocles.
incisive
/ˌɪnˈsaɪsɪv/
adjectivehaving or showing common sense, and the capability of expressing an idea in a convincing way
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1. Bill has an incisive analytic mind.
2. Bogart was writing about the hard work of director, not making an incisive theoretical point.
3. Your incisive observations lazily rearranged tropes.
4. These are ailments every bit as worthy of your incisive medical attention.
5. To that end, Downton Abbey certainly seemed right up her alley, and her incisive portrayal of the Crawley family matriarch made for some great gifs.
incisor
/ˌɪnˈsaɪzɝ/
noun(anatomy) any of the eight narrow-edged teeth at the front of the mouth that are used for biting
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1. Incisors inflict serious puncture wounds in the lower jaw.
2. Sharp incisors drill through bark with mechanical efficiency.
3. Up front here, you have these incisors.
4. - You don't have incisors.
5. Well, I have incisors.
to prescribe
/pɹəsˈkɹaɪb/, /pɹisˈkɹaɪb/
verb(medicine) to tell someone what drug or treatment they should get
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1. Prescribe that every time.
2. So, doctors prescribe medication.
3. We prescribe these drugs.
4. Well, my doctor prescribed a patient community, ACOR.org, a network of cancer patients, of all amazing things.
5. The first doctor prescribed this.
prescript
/pɹɪskɹˈɪpt/
nounprescribed guide for conduct or action
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prescription
/pɹəsˈkɹɪpʃən/
adjectiveavailable only with a doctor's written prescription
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1. Doctors can now write prescriptions in the UK.
2. So her daughter took the prescription.
3. Oh, yeah, mixing prescriptions.
4. The pharmacist will fill your prescription.
5. Anyway, most people buy prescription in America.
untimely
/ənˈtaɪmɫi/
adjectivebadly timed
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1. Untimely injuries and another monster from the '84 draft class made for devastating collapses during Jordan's absence.
2. His untimely death only a short time later derailed those plans entirely.
3. After Cassilly's untimely demise, the project was abandoned.
4. The greatest tragedy of Prince William's life has been the untimely death of his mother, Princess Diana.
5. Her untimely demise was never explained.
unwieldy
/ənˈwiɫdi/
adjectivedifficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape
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1. Crush my larynx, you unwieldy boulder.
2. So that looks pretty unwieldy.
3. Perhaps the logic of the paragraph was unwieldy.
4. It's very unwieldy.
5. Whales are large, unwieldy creature.
venerable
/ˈvɛnɝəbəɫ/
adjectiveprofoundly honored
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1. This venerable stadium will be a wild scene tonight.
2. The venerable television critic for the Washington Post Tom Shales came up to me during my last season of the show.
3. Honor is venerable to us because it is no ephemera.
4. It was venerable.
5. The pain is the venerable root of racism.
to venerate
/ˈvɛnɝˌeɪt/
verbto feel or display a great amount of respect toward something or someone
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1. We're gathered here, once again to venerate the name of our father, Lucifer.
2. okay, that venerate you know his work and the band and so forth and still play his stuff
3. And to venerate the Constitution translates, in the United States, into venerating the Founders as a collective group.
4. And to venerate the Constitution translates, in the United States, into venerating the Founders as a collective group.
5. He's venerating the room that Seymour and Buddy occupied.
antiphon
/ˈæntəˌfɑn/, /ˈæntɪˌfɑn/
nouna verse or song to be chanted or sung in response
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antiphony
/ˌæntɪfˈoʊni/
nounalternate (responsive) singing by a choir in two parts
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idolatrous
/aɪˈdɑɫətɹəs/
adjectiverelating to or practicing idolatry
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1. If it sells itself, it's an idolatrous commodity.
2. They sin and ultimately that brings about the fall, first of Israel and then of Judah and it's the idolatrous sins of the kings that does it.
3. So the Deuteronomistic historian presents the tragic history of the two kingdoms as essentially a sequence of idolatrous aberrations, which were followed by punishment.
4. 17 and 18 tell the story of Micah or Micah, and his idolatrous shrine.
5. The Bible says that our hearts are idolatrous.
idolatry
/aɪˈdɑɫətɹi/
nounthe worship of idols; the worship of physical objects or images as gods
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1. It harps on idolatry.
2. So the nation is punished not only for idolatry, but for moral failings.
3. Idolatry is still a sin.
4. Now, we have idolatry today in subtle ways.
5. Idolatry also defiles the land.
to idolize
/ˈaɪdəˌɫaɪz/
verblove unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol
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1. People idolized him, and he knew it.
2. Like all young players everywhere, he idolizes Griffey.
3. So I idolize comedians.
4. We idolize people we look up to.
5. Idol idolizes the ultimate idol: you!