hypothesis
/haɪˈpɑθəsəs/
nounan explanation based on limited facts and evidence that is not yet proved to be true
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1. But we have good genes hypothesis
2. They have hypothesis.
3. So, here's Hypothesis #2.
4. Make hypotheses every day.
5. Current poll numbers support Mitt Romney's hypothesis, even after Trump's historic second impeachment trial.
hypothetical
/ˌhaɪpəˈθɛtəkəɫ/, /ˌhaɪpəˈθɛtɪkəɫ/
adjectivebased primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
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1. This hypothetical study recruits ten students.
2. - This is hypothetical.
3. It's hypothetical.
4. The answer to this question isn’t even hypothetical!
5. Here's a hypothetical from Peter Doocy.
corruptible
/kɝˈəptɪbəɫ/
adjectivecapable of being corrupted
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1. Finally, in the hands of men, ever the corruptible species, the rings worked as expected: Sauron controlled their minds.
2. Now by some miracle, if there was a smokingfacts.org website back then that could deliver the science directly, bypassing commercially corruptible institutional filters, you would have become aware of studies like this.
3. We like Banksy's work because it helps us see the gross power imbalances all around us, even if they're imperfect and temporary and corruptible by outside forces, or perhaps we love them more because of those things.
4. The judgment of an individual, no matter how wise, is more corruptible whether due to passion or interest, or simply the fallibility of human reason than is law.
corruption
/kɝˈəpʃən/
nounillegal and dishonest behavior of someone, particularly one who is in a position of power
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1. Overzealous regulation stifled corruption.
2. Corruption is a structural feature of the regime.
3. Corruption normally has the concept of money, wealth behind it.
4. The first big one is corruption.
5. Today's word is corruption.
to evolve
/iˈvɑɫv/, /ɪˈvɑɫv/
verbto develop from a simple to a more complicated form over a long period of time
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1. As a result, mammals evolved different-shaped teeth for different purposes.
2. These things evolve.
3. Our ancestors and ant ancestors evolved legs independently.
4. Cephalopods independently evolved a camera eye.
5. Language evolved.
evolution
/ˌɛvəˈɫuʃən/, /ˌɛvoʊˈɫuʃən/, /ˌivəˈɫuʃən/, /ˌivoʊˈɫuʃən/
nouna process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
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1. Evolution is probably playing a pretty big role.
2. Evolution can create information.
3. So evolution is having a gigantic impact on the number of species within these lakes.
4. So evolution gave us a solution.
5. Evolution developed a solution for that.
synonym
/ˈsɪnəˌnɪm/
nouna word or phrase that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word or phrase in the same language
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1. - Called synonyms, Rhett. -
2. Learn synonyms for those words.
3. Those are synonyms.
4. Alright, our next word is synonym.
5. Another synonym is latently, latently or intuitively.
syndicate
/ˈsɪndəˌkeɪt/, /ˈsɪndɪkət/
nounan association of companies for some definite purpose
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1. And the policy was syndicated through underwriters at the Lloyd's of London.
2. The column was widely syndicated across the country.
3. "The Amazing Race" is syndicated in other markets.
4. Is it like a syndicate?
5. There are syndicates like the cartel of Sinaloa in the northwest, The Zetas in the northeast, the Familia Michoacana in the center of the country and the Jalisco Nueva Generación in the West.
synchronism
/sˈɪnkɹənˌɪzəm/
nounthe relation that exists when things occur at the same time
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1. Indeed, they're not really dates at all so much as synchronisms between multiple events coordinating a network of better and lesser known occurrences.
2. However again, it's hard to tell exactly which ones are very devout Christians as the voodoo synchronisms are pretty prevalent.
synaeresis
/sˌɪnɛɹˈiːsɪs/
nounthe separation of liquid from a gel that is caused by contraction (as in cheese making)
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veracity
/vɝˈæsɪti/
nounsomeone or something that is characterized by being truthful or true
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1. Thus further casting doubt on the veracity of the results of that examination.
2. Okay, there's no doubting the veracity of those emotions.
3. Recently, Lindsey Graham and many others, including the President of the United States, are disputing the veracity of the whistleblower complaint and the readout transcript of the phone call with the Ukrainian president on the basis of hearsay.
4. What is the veracity level of what you're looking at?
5. You guys are trying to kill the veracity of this test.
veracious
/vəɹˈeɪʃəs/
adjectiveprecisely accurate
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1. Carter was and is at 93, a veracious reader.
2. Now this animal is a veracious carnivore which means that they will eat anything that comes across their path.
3. Now despite the fact that this creature is actually kinda cute, believe it or not, it is a veracious predator.
4. Up next is another teeny tiny species, only instead of feasting on nectar, this one is a veracious predator.
5. Despite the appearance of perfect health, Domery had an extremely veracious appetite and ate anything available to him during his time in the army.
verisimilitude
/ˌvɛɹəsəˈmɪɫəˌtud/
nounthe state or quality of implying the truth
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1. Verisimilitude, or mirroring the object of pardoy as closely as possible.
2. You could say that it's about verisimilitude, or the appearance of being real, being related to reality.
3. Strong verisimilitude or semblance to reality makes games immersive and believable.
4. I have achieved verisimilitude.
5. Natural laws threaten the story's verisimilitude.
veritable
/ˈvɛɹɪtəbəɫ/
adjectivenot counterfeit or copied
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1. By now, the boy was a veritable math prodigy.
2. This is a veritable cornucopia.
3. For the caimans, the small pools represent a veritable feast.
4. For the caimans, the small pools represent a veritable feast.
5. Jolie's relationship with her father has been a veritable rollercoaster of highs, lows, and complicated twists.
verity
/ˈvɛɹəti/, /ˈvɛɹɪti/
nounan enduring or necessary ethical or religious or aesthetic truth
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1. Verity, that's a beautiful name for a child.
2. This law of Karma has now become a fundamental verity of modern science.
3. These are unknowable verities at this particular point, and so we're going about it the wrong way.
4. But as Verity told me, the tide is slowly beginning to turn.
5. So I have Carol Dysart and Midori Verity here with me today.
consonant
/ˈkɑnsənənt/
adjectivematching or in agreement with
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1. These are stop consonants.
2. These are stop consonants.
3. These are stop consonants.
4. Both of these sounds are stop consonants.
5. That abrupt stop is the stop consonant.
consonance
/kˈɑːnsənəns/
nouncompatibility or agreement
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1. Here's the consonance.
2. Here is a consonance.
3. these are the secondary consonances, sitting in harmony with the root.
4. basically, at the heart of the Bohlen-Pierce Scale is a question about consonance.
5. but more importantly, the very idea of consonance isn't necessarily universal.