to lithograph
/ˈɫɪθəˌɡɹæf/
verbmake by lithography
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1. He's very inspired by Van Gogh it's a lithograph.
2. We'd tried the lithograph and wood cut and other things.
3. Let's talk about the exclusive set of numbered lithographs measuring at 7 inches by 10.5 inches.
4. It's a lithograph of the famous beating of Charles Sumner in the spring of 1856, on the floor of the U.S. Senate, by Preston Brooks.
5. - A signed Picasso lithograph, that was my ex-fiance's fathers.
to perjure
/ˈpɝdʒɝ/
verbknowingly tell an untruth in a legal court and render oneself guilty of perjury
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1. Sessions appears to have been compromised by the Russians for at least 15 months and he has apparently perjured himself before the Senate on two separate occasions.
2. He also admitted to signing the Mother's Day card and to perjuring himself during a court hearing in 1988, which determined what percentage of Gloria's estate he had been entitled to.
3. People were wondering whether that meant that he had perjured himself in those election cases.
4. Eventually he sat for a deposition, which he famously perjured himself.
5. And since you agreed that you committed the crime, and that your statements could be used against you, you perjured yourself to federal agents.
perjury
/ˈpɝdʒɝi/
nounthe offense of telling lies in a court of law after you have vowed to tell the truth
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1. No, that's suborning perjury.
2. Perjury, lying about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky.
3. Rudy also apparently committed perjury.
4. So, question number one, did Judge Kavanaugh commit perjury?
5. Now, perjury is a very specific crime.
to disinfect
/dɪsɪnˈfɛkt/
verbdestroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing
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1. They disinfect public areas and screen populations.
2. Ballot boxes were disinfected.
3. The surroundings, anything metal in my home, anything metal in my car is disinfected.
4. Disinfect your phone and your digits.
5. Is disinfecting a part of your cleaning routine?
disinfectant
/dɪsɪnˈfɛktənt/
nounan agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease
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1. We have soap, disinfectant all over the place.
2. Injecting disinfectant into your body.
3. Injecting disinfectant into your body?
4. Do you use disinfectants a lot?
5. Take some spray disinfectant from the counter there.
valediction
/vˌælɪdˈɪkʃən/
nounthe act of saying farewell
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1. Just like oh yes, the color red is very valediction.
2. How's that for valediction?
3. Valediction, that means farewell, right?
valedictorian
/ˌvæɫəˌdɪkˈtɔɹiən/
nounthe student with the best grades who usually delivers the valedictory address at commencement
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1. I was the valedictorian of my class.
2. He was the valedictorian.
3. "Well you're the valedictorian."
4. I was valedictorian at my high school.
5. I graduated from Selma High School, valedictorian.
valedictory
/ˌvæɫəˈdɪktɝi/
adjectiveof a speech expressing leave-taking
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1. I think he intended that to be his his great sort of valedictory statement on the subject that he he saw America as a multi-racial democracy and thought that the ideas embedded in the Constitution articulated as well in the Declaration of Independence would carry the nation through that we can be a successful multi-racial democracy if we stay true to those values that's what he would want people today to remember.
2. Then there was another scene in the autobiography, where Richard, who is the valedictorian of his high school class, writes his valedictory speech, gives it as required to the principal beforehand, the principal demands certain kinds of changes, and Richard refuses.
3. Melania Trump used her valedictory speech to thank the support staff around her, and to recognize the men and women who entered her orbit during the past four years, from members of the military and law enforcement, to families she met during hospital visits.
antichrist
/ˈæntɪkɹˌaɪst/
noun(Christianity) the adversary of Christ (or Christianity) mentioned in the New Testament; the Antichrist will rule the world until overthrown by the Second Coming of Christ
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1. My answer is the antichrist.
2. Antichrist, I love that film.
3. She is the Antichrist.
4. The antichrist is apparently alive and well and among people in small towns all over the country.
5. The antichrist in fact was the very son of Satan.
antidepressant
/ˌæntidɪˈpɹɛsənt/
nouna drug that is used to treat people who feel extremely sad and anxious
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1. It's worth pointing out here that some meta-analyses suggest that antidepressants aren't any more effective than psychotherapy when symptoms are mild to moderate.
2. Without consulting my doctor or weaning myself off, I just stopped taking my antidepressants.
3. Take antidepressants.
4. Also, as a side note, not every patient with anxiety and depression needs antidepressants.
5. Just take antidepressants.
antidote
/ˈænɪˌdoʊt/, /ˈæntɪˌdoʊt/
nouna chemical, particularly a drug that counteracts or controls the effects of a poison
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1. So the antidotes are in the blue.
2. The flirt supplies an antidote to a characteristic sickness of maturity: an excessively negative view of ourselves.
3. These antidotes are sparse.
4. The mongoose has an antidote to her potion.
5. The antidote counteracts the effects of the tranquilizer.
antigen
/ˈæntədʒən/
nounany foreign substance in the body that can trigger a response from the immune system
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1. Those antigens are different for every strain of influenza.
2. These recognizable bits are called antigens.
3. Immunologists call these substances antigens.
4. Antigens are like the secret weapons of the vaccine.
5. Pieces of your own cells are antigens as well.
antipathy
/ænˈtɪpəθi/
nouna strong feeling of aversion, opposition, or dislike
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1. During that period Socrates appeared to be undeterred by the return to favor of democracy and the antipathy towards those who espoused views in opposition to it.
2. Wilhelm’s antipathy toward Hitler became personal.
3. When MUSLIMS around the WORLD have antipathy towards THEM.
4. And sadly, this new majority exhibits the same old antipathy to free speech.
5. First of all, there's a long history of antipathy between science and the law in American jurisprudence.
antipodes
/ˌæntɪˌpoʊdiz/
nounany two places or regions on diametrically opposite sides of the Earth
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1. We should hold day with the Antipodes, If you would walk in absence of the sun.
2. Antigonus sailed to Europe to inform an tippet, er who was crushing the final remnants of the revolt in Greece An Tippet, er was outraged gathering his forces including the formidable Macedonian general crater as' and Tippet have prepared for war he also found an ally in the governor of Egypt Ptolemy his relations with Paris had always been strained, and he readily accepted Antipodes plan Takus was still unaware of the impending war against him As was agreed previously.
antiseptic
/ˌæntəˈsɛptɪk/
adjectivehaving anti-infection properties
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1. It's a natural antiseptic.
2. Trains too were washed down with antiseptic solutions.
3. Shine an antiseptic light on injustice with your stories.
4. All of these have antiseptic properties.
5. Prep the skin with an antiseptic solution.
antispasmodic
/ˌæntɪspæzmˈɑːdɪk/
nouna drug used to relieve or prevent spasms (especially of the smooth muscles)
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1. But it's also used as an antispasmodic agent which assists with digestion and respiratory things like asthma.
2. Marjoram has antispasmodic, expectorating, mucolytic, healing, digestive, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant action.
3. The oil is also useful in cases of asthma, being a good antispasmodic, and a powerful muscle relaxant.
4. - Imipramine, antispasmodics : these act on nerves to block bladder spasms in an overactive bladder.
5. This essential oil is also antispasmodic, meaning it treats spasms and related issues such as muscle cramps, headaches and stomachaches.
antistrophe
/ˌæntɪstɹˈɑːf/
nounthe section of a choral ode answering a previous strophe in classical Greek drama; the second of two metrically corresponding sections in a poem
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to impoverish
/ˌɪmˈpɑvɹɪʃ/
verbtake away
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1. I think we impoverish the whole of society if we don't make beautiful things.
2. Contributing to maintain an army at a distance causes the people to be impoverished.
3. Contributing to maintain an army at a distance causes the people to be impoverished.
4. Contributing to maintain an army at a distance causes the people to be impoverished.
5. Contributing to maintain an army at a distance causes the people to be impoverished.
impoverished
/ˌɪmˈpɑvɹɪʃt/
adjectivepoor enough to need help from others
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1. Ironically, the disease most often afflicts impoverished people, because of a lack of proper nutrition and hygiene.
2. In Crime and Punishment, we meet an impoverished intellectual, Rodion Raskolnikov.
3. At the Citadel, the impoverished citizens react to Joe's death with joy.
4. Ten years ago, the gold boom attracted thousands of impoverished Peruvians to La Rinconada.
5. These two organs are connected differently in the brain’s of impoverished children than children of higher income families.