calumny
/ˈkæɫəmni/
nounan unpleasant or false statement intending to ruin someone's reputation
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1. For the unthinking, the uneducated, the unbalanced who sincerely believe him, or have chosen to as if they have a menu of reality's from which to select, a lie, a calumny, a slander, a preposterous fiction, is automatically less of a lie, less of a calumny, less of a slander, less of a preposterous fiction just because he said it.
2. For the unthinking, the uneducated, the unbalanced who sincerely believe him, or have chosen to as if they have a menu of reality's from which to select, a lie, a calumny, a slander, a preposterous fiction, is automatically less of a lie, less of a calumny, less of a slander, less of a preposterous fiction just because he said it.
3. She meanwhile solved her rivals by spreading all sorts of calumnies about them, such as they have scabs all over their body.
to calumniate
/kælˈʌmnɪˌeɪt/
verbcharge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
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genial
/ˈdʒinjəɫ/
adjectivediffusing warmth and friendliness
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1. Over a three course lunch, Heydrich led a genial discussion on his plans to rid Europe of its Jews.
2. Nook, for his part, is extraordinarily genial in stark contrast to his earliest appearances.
3. Anna finds the troop’s genial deputy leader.
4. The professor was an elderly personage, apparently of genial nature, and habits that might almost be called jovial.
5. But there are other natures, warm, helpful, genial, who are like the Gulf Stream, following their own course, flowing undaunted and undismayed in the ocean of colder waters.
geniality
/ˌdʒiniˈæɫəti/
nouna disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to)
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1. I think the first trait he used was geniality this helped him work with his fellow justices.
2. I think the geniality is the first quality Marshall was not only simple he was he was likable and he liked people when Joseph Story first encountered him as an advocate before the Supreme Court he wrote home
3. You see the geniality of his creation, right directly on the ground layer of the panel, and see this cool thing, finding, I should rather say, an elephant.
juridical
/dʒʊɹˈɪdɪkəl/
adjectiverelating to the administration of justice or the function of a judge
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1. - Candidates for the degrees of doctor of law, master of laws, and doctor of juridical science will rise.
2. These characters, again, are drawn from the picaresque, but also drawn from the extensive juridical or judicial documents of the period.
3. we want to talk about the mastery of juridical craft.
4. That's very different from Montesquieu, and different from the American Constitution-- that the three branches are legislative, executive and juridical power.
5. And Kant writes explicitly "juridical punishment can never be administered merely as a means for promoting another good, either with regard to the criminal himself or the civil society."
jurisdiction
/ˌdʒʊɹəsˈdɪkʃən/, /ˌdʒʊɹɪsˈdɪkʃən/
nounthe power or authority of a court of law or an organization to make legal decisions and judgements
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1. Together we have jurisdiction.
2. What is jurisdiction?
3. The court has original jurisdiction over lawsuits between two or more states.
4. Who has jurisdiction?
5. No government agency has jurisdiction over the truth.
jurisprudence
/ˌdʒʊɹəsˈpɹudəns/
nounthe branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
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1. Jurisprudence is more theoretical.
2. That's playing off this court secondary effects jurisprudence.
3. But I took jurisprudence from Lon Fuller.
4. So Frazier's case represents a clash between First Amendment concerns and Eighth Amendment concerns-- indeed, the jurisprudence of the US constitution and related statutes.
5. I admired his jurisprudence very much.
juror
/ˈdʒʊɹɝ/
nounsomeone who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jury
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1. Jurors are often sympathetic about the danger of police work.
2. De jurors involve um the male anatomy
3. Jurors can become jaded.
4. Number two involves jurors.
5. - Your honor, the state challenges jurors number six, 10. -
to dissuade
/dɪˈsweɪd/
verbto advise someone against something
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1. Those risks haven't dissuaded the companies that are currently developing studies and testing prototypes.
2. To dissuade people from buying RimWorld?
3. Do not be dissuaded.
4. Don't dissuade sales with an outrageous price.
5. Nothing's wife, however, dissuaded him from going.
dissuasion
/dɪswˈeɪʒən/
nounpersuading not to do or believe something; talking someone out of a belief or an intended course of action
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amour
/ˌɑˈmuɹ/
nouna usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
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1. With love, avec amour, amour.
2. With love, avec amour, amour.
3. There was no escape and the gun just ran out of amour.
4. That's when we will have amour propre.
5. That too is a part of amour-propre, the desire to be seen and recognized and respected.
amorous
/ˈæmɝəs/
adjectiveinclined toward or displaying love
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1. But not every chirp has amorous intentions.
2. I feel like trans amorous is one thing.
3. I mean, their most amorous on-stage scene.
4. Amorous male toads fresh in from the forest are looking for mates.
5. Number four - the workers kick an amorous couple out of the movie hall at least once a week.
amity
/ˈæmɪti/
nouna cordial disposition
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1. If you would please, it's time for a new Amity event.
2. It is time for new Amity event!
3. Shuffle the Amity event cards and set them face down as a deck nearby along with the 16 swimmer tokens.
4. And we learn amity.
5. Amity is happiness.
amiable
/ˈeɪmiəbəɫ/
adjectiveshowing or having a likable, pleasant, and friendly personality
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1. On the other hand, if you were an amiable ape living in the North, you’d likely get less fruit and fewer opportunities to mate.
2. Even when the two Teutuls split up to run separate shops, Petko stayed on with Senior but stayed amiable with Junior.
3. These amiable baboons stand apart from the rest.
4. They see a shadow chancellor who has a very amiable bank-manager manner.
5. For Messing, the split was as amiable as it could be.
amicable
/ˈæmɪkəbəɫ/
adjective(of interpersonal relations) behaving with friendliness and without disputing
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1. So it was an amicable split.
2. His American interrogators described him as an amicable psychopath.
3. In his case, his loud protest led to an amicable settlement.
4. According to a news release about his departure, the split was an amicable one.
5. But the split was amicable.
exact
/ɪɡˈzækt/
adjectivein complete accordance with fact and accurate or correct in every detail
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1. Their first order of business was exacting revenge on the Seahawks.
2. They exact a toll on our daily lives.
3. Which exact thing?
4. The battle of Dyrrhachium exacted a heavy toll on both sides.
5. The conquerors exacted money, much money.
exacting
/ɪɡˈzæktɪŋ/
adjectiverequiring a great amount of effort, skill, attention, or care
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1. And he's pushing us to be more exacting about where we are trying to head to.
2. Or do we look at golf courses defined in a more exacting way with reference to the particular qualities of particular courses?
3. Other brands, for example, fellow American company, Alden, have managed to keep up their extremely exacting quality standards.
4. Well, Mike Pompeo, the US secretary of state, has unleashed a very exacting list of demands - a dozen demands to Iran today.
5. While sushi masters train for years to perfect their fish-cutting techniques, you don't have to be quite so exacting.
inexpensive
/ˌɪnɪkˈspɛnsɪv/
adjectivebeing low in price; having a cheap price
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1. The cost of living is so inexpensive.
2. This one was pretty inexpensive.
3. Luckily tool kits with the correct bits are inexpensive.
4. These parts are really inexpensive.
5. Throw pillows are really inexpensive.
inexhaustible
/ˌɪnɪɡˈzɔstəbəɫ/
adjectivethat cannot be entirely consumed or used up
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1. At the heart of them, I believe, is our inexhaustible power of imagination.
2. Like every form of life, the pigeons were not an inexhaustible resource.
3. Your frustrations are a nearly inexhaustible source of raw materials out of which the businesses of the future can be built.
4. The supply of nutrients in the ocean depths is virtually inexhaustible.
5. There's an inexhaustible supply of programs out there.
inexcusable
/ˌɪnɪkˈskjuzəbəɫ/
adjectivewithout excuse or justification
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1. It does happen, but it is still inexcusable.
2. For me, it is still inexcusable.
3. And then there are just inexcusable Calvinists.
4. It's inexcusable.
5. That's understandable, but what we're about to hear is totally inexcusable.