to censor
/ˈsɛnsɝ/
verbto remove parts of something such as a book, movie, etc. and prevent the public from accessing them for political, moral, or religious purposes
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1. Don't censor criticism.
2. So what sport was censored?
3. The press was censored.
4. 2005 or 6, the censor board has censored 1,600 films alone.
5. - Censor it?
censorious
/sɛnsˈoːɹɪəs/
adjectiveharshly critical or expressing censure
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1. Of course, it takes courage and audacity to raise your head above the parapet, especially in atmosphere which is already censorious to dissent.
2. We can often grow censorious and disapproving of certain people and behaviours to ward off an awareness that a part of us in fact really likes the condemmed element.
3. They are therefore extremely reticent about telling people too frankly what they think They have a sense of how seldom it's useful to get censorious with others They want above all that things go well between people Even if this means not being totally honest.
4. The doctor wisely diagnosed that a lot of Michel's distress came from having to keep his homosexuality and, in particular, his interest in extreme sadomasochism away from a censorious society.
censurable
/sˈɛnʃɚɹəbəl/
adjectivedeserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious
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1. Did he not understand that treason and the subornation of perjury were crimes rather than simply censurable offenses and any man accused of them had a right to trial before an impartial jury?
to censure
/ˈsɛnʃɝ/
verbto give severe criticism in an official manner
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1. And he was censured for it.
2. That censure vote failed.
3. The censure vote against Senator Romney failed.
4. The censure vote is the problem.
5. Censure would require 60 votes in the Senate to pass.
barcarole
/bˈɑːɹkɚɹˌoʊl/
nouna boating song sung by Venetian gondoliers
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bard
/ˈbɑɹd/
nouna person who writes pieces of poetry
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1. And Tariel is a bard.
2. A charismatic bard will usually be full of smiles and song.
3. And your bard's curse will be your doom!
4. Who is a tiny lizard bard.
5. Then I would've shelved the bard forever, but for that one stray remark.
virtu
/vˈɜːɾuː/
nounlove of or taste for fine objects of art
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1. You can see the electronic players, the Citadel's, the Virtu's, the Jumps, the Jane streets, the HRTs of the world, I think you're gonna see them get bigger.
2. Well, what is the quality of virtu?
3. And not having dominion on land, they armed themselves on the sea, where they waged war with virtu, and with arms in hand enlarged their country.
4. And men become excellent, and show their virtu, according as they are employed and recognized by their Prince, Republic, or King, whichever it may be.
5. Virtue is, for him, or to use his term again, virtù is related with manliness, with force, with power.
virtual
/ˈvɝtʃuəɫ/
adjectivebeing actually such in almost every respect
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1. Japanese women can also have virtual boyfriends.
2. Our audience is still virtual obviously.
3. The whole thing is actually virtual.
4. Number one is virtual babysitting.
5. Number two is virtual assisting.
virtuoso
/vɝtʃuˈoʊsoʊ/
nounsomeone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
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1. And this was a virtuoso performance.
2. And you are a virtuoso in a number of different forms, like lists, the epistolary poem.
3. The other one is virtuoso.
4. Not everyone has to be a virtuoso.
5. Gamers are virtuosos at weaving a tight social fabric.
to propel
/pɹəˈpɛɫ/
verbcause to move forward with force
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1. The force of that explosion propels the bullet out of the gun.
2. This tactic alone propelled my standardized test scores dramatically.
3. Muscular contractions along the wall of the fallopian tube gently propel the ovum toward the uterus.
4. This counter-culture, anti-establishment sentiment can propel a rebellious meme into internet stardom.
5. Jet propelled, alright.
propellant
/pɹəˈpɛɫənt/
nounany substance that propels
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1. Uh, they had different propellant.
2. So they used the propellant on board -
3. You are emitting your propellant.
4. You've got to add landing propellant.
5. They use solid propellant most frequently.
propeller
/pɹəˈpɛɫɝ/
nouna mechanical device that rotates to push against air or water
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1. Two counter-rotating propellers provide the simplest design.
2. A small iceberg or growlers can actually damage the propellers.
3. - We're getting little propellers.
4. We're changing the propeller.
5. The propeller of the SOC-1 sliced about 12 inches off the bigger plane's tail.
to debunk
/dɪˈbəŋk/
verbto reveal the exaggeration or falseness of a belief, claim, idea, etc.
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1. All of research is to debunk dogma.
2. Debunking the myths.
3. However, other historical accounts debunk this tragic birth story.
4. An 1885 study by Annie Howes, and an 1887 paper by Mary Putnam Jacobi, debunked Clarke's ridiculous theory.
5. This myth is debunked.
debunking
/dɪˈbəŋkɪŋ/
nounthe exposure of falseness or pretensions
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1. And here is the paper debunking this study, pointing out that these authors were actually measuring the two way speed of light.
2. That's a form of debunking here.
3. Yesterday we did a debunking about we're now testing as much as SouthKorea per capita.
4. Has it been a debunking?
5. I like debunking.
imitation
/ˌɪməˈteɪʃən/
nouncopying (or trying to copy) the actions of someone else
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1. Rats, crows, pigeons, primates, and other animals learn through imitation.
2. Imitation, and TikTok is no exception.
3. That process, that action is called imitation.
4. Children learn the language structure and the individual words through imitation.
5. Imitation is a big part of the learning process at this age.
imitator
/ˈɪməˌteɪtɝ/
nounsomeone who copies the words or behavior of another
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1. This model, the collectible card game, has become the basis for countless imitators, Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, Hearthstone.
2. This is about the imitators.
3. And praise for the restaurant has led many imitators across the city to serve a similar tropical drink and hot dog combo.
4. Now look at verse 14,2:14: For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea.
5. The purpose was to fight off other imitators.
mercantile
/ˈmɝkənˌtaɪɫ/
adjectiveof or relating to the economic system of mercantilism
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1. This is called mercantile capitalism, and it was a global phenomenon, from the Chinese, to the Indian Ocean trade network, to Muslim merchants who would sponsor trade caravans across the Sahara.
2. The growth of a mercantile middle class, and the decline of the aristocracy in Europe, led to more Democratic tendencies, first in towns, and then in countries overall.
3. Rather than carrying large amounts of coin, paper in the form of bills of credit or bank notes ease, quote, "mercantile transactions."
4. One consequence of this economic boom was the expansion of the Assyrian mercantile network.
5. And then they turned it into a mercantile store, general merchandise little store here.
mercenary
/ˈmɝsəˌnɛɹi/
adjectiveprofit oriented
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1. Mercenaries are in it for the loot.
2. A few days after the attack, four mercenaries from Yemen opened fire with AK-47’s outside of his residence in Sudan.
3. It’s mercenary.
4. Mercenaries, they're as old as the hills after all.
5. mercenaries have commanded a top salary throughout history.
perfidy
/ˈpɝfɪdi/
nounan act of deliberate betrayal
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1. Within the body of the text certain words are emphasized cruelty and perfidy in this example.
2. And it was during that process that we uncovered so many of the perfidies that had been built into the system by the secretary of state who is now the governor.
3. Black women are reliable, because we are the victims of almost every perfidy exposed by our party, by our communities, by our nation.
4. In short, if the Washington Post and the intelligence intercepts it quotes are accurate between the perfidy of Jeffrey Beauregard Sessions, the email chain of Donald Trump Jr and Kushner's blive and run around formal legal communications links to the Kremlin, It is case closed.
5. He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy of the Head of a civilized nation.
perfidious
/pɜːfˈɪdɪəs/
adjectiverelating to someone or something that is untrustworthy and disloyal
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1. One day, Charles Ponzi was struck by a lightning bolt of perfidious inspiration and set in motion one of the most brazen and ambitious cons in history.
2. From the French point of view, it's the perfidious Albion already there.
3. Ottoman politics was a perfidious affair, full of secrets and court intrigue.
4. refugee tents can be seen intermittently The displaced are victims of perfidious political interests, in which neighbouring countries such as Rwanda and Uganda also have stakes.
5. "As Hippolytus was driven from Athens on account of his cruel and perfidious stepmother, so must thou be driven from Florence."