to temper
/ˈtɛmpɝ/
verbmake more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else
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1. So this chocolate has reached temper.
2. Crisis has tempered optimism.
3. - Tempered?
4. Tempers rest on a hair trigger.
5. The sweetness in there really tempers the bite of the acid.
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1. but I would say temperate leadership.
2. These are the Earth’s temperate forests.
3. We are temperate oceanic.
4. So the temperate person, with inclination, does the right thing.
5. We are in temperate rainforest.
to rearrange
/ˌɹiɝˈeɪndʒ/
verbto change the position, order, or layout of something, often with the goal of improving its organization, efficiency, or appearance
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1. We rearranged things.
2. Your incisive observations lazily rearranged tropes.
3. Third, rearrange your apps.
4. I had to rearrange a couple of things.
5. Rearrange things very easily.
to rebuild
/ɹiˈbɪɫd/
verbto build something once again, after it has been destroyed or severely damaged
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1. rebuilt the United States military.
2. However, both sides quickly rebuilt.
3. Rebuild the communities?
4. The passion rebuilds the world for the youth.
5. You rebuild the entire ship.
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1. In a matter of days, French troops had recaptured all of northern Mali's major towns from the rebels.
2. Would the Christian forces recapture their Holy City of Jerusalem?
3. Henry VI was recaptured by the Lancastrians.
4. Henry VI was recaptured by the Lancastrians.
5. President Rodrigo Duterte's forces eventually recaptured the city with US help, including intelligence and weapons.
to recoup
/ɹɪˈkup/
verbreimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss
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1. KRS eventually recouped its money from Arrowhawk.
2. For the biggest bang for your buck, a smart thermostat is going to recoup the cost pretty quickly.
3. As markets and the oil price recovered, Oxy’s share price has recouped some of its losses.
4. But the losses might be recouped in the form of new opportunities in more sustainable fields.
5. yeah you'll probably never recoup your investment, and
miniature
/ˈmɪniəˌtʃʊɹ/, /ˈmɪnɪˌtʃʊɹ/
adjectivebeing on a very small scale
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1. The boy even built a miniature circus for them.
2. Each side takes their character miniatures, one XP star, two tracking cubes per character, and the player boards.
3. Some people also smuggle their miniature pets in purses and handbags.
4. The globes freeze miniature landscapes in wintry wonder.
5. The globes freeze miniature landscapes in wintery wonder.
minority
/maɪˈnɔɹəti/, /məˈnɔɹəti/
nouna small group of people who differ in race, religion, etc. and are often mistreated by the society
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1. About 22% are minorities.
2. Minorities are much more supportive of trade than our whites over here.
3. It protected minorities.
4. 30 percent of the people in the suburbs are minorities.
5. Today's word is minority.
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1. Of course, at the speed of trains and planes, the effect is minuscule.
2. He always signed minuscule signatures.
3. Ears, my ears are minuscule.
4. But the difference in blame is minuscule.
5. The minuscule camera is right here in the label packaging.
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1. Or you see the minutia of the struggles along the way.
2. Minutia like real-time weather pushes the game towards the aspect simmers are really looking for: Complexity.
3. Meanwhile, Will is less concerned with the minutiae.
4. In weight loss, people focus on the minutiae of avoiding carbs or the benefits of apple cider vinegar rather than the bigger picture of caloric intake versus caloric expenditure.
5. Every minutiae of every detail was thought out.
libertarian
/ˌɫɪˌbɝˈtɛˌɹiən/
nounsomeone who believes the doctrine of free will
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1. So libertarians need a way to account for their view.
2. So, many libertarians concede that the physical world itself is deterministic.
3. He's not a libertarian.
4. We are not libertarians.
5. Even your libertarian uncle shows up, tears in his eyes.
apostasy
/ɐpˈɑːstəsi/
nounthe act of abandoning a religious or political belief that one used to hold
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1. For some, defeat did not lead to despair or apostasy because it could be explained by the likes of the Deuteronomistic historian or the Deuteronomistic School as fitting into the monotheistic scheme.
2. So they refused to recognize Abu Bakr's authority and there ensued what's called the ridda, R-I-D-D-A, or apostasy , where the tribes rejected the authority of Abu Bakr and Abu Bakr militarily compelled them back into submission or recognition of his authority.
3. And on the other side, extremist Islamists, for instance, who accuse other Muslims of apostasy.
4. Scattered between the Christian texts were older writings of pagan philosophy, religious history and literature, which planted the seed of apostasy in young Julian’s mind.
5. There is no punishment for apostasy.
apostate
/əˈpɔsteɪt/
nouna disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
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1. A better example I think would be the urge to kill traitors and apostates.
2. Julian the emperor was known as the apostate.
3. "We did not get support from the apostates "who are our brothers.
4. This didn’t go down well with Roman emperor Julian the Apostate.
5. In 363, the Roman emperor Julian the Apostate suffered a heavy defeat and the Romans had to sign a peace treaty that gave the Sassanids a number of regions and settlements.
apostle
/əˈpɑsəɫ/
nounany important early teacher of Christianity or a Christian missionary to a people
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1. An apostle is merely a messenger.
2. The sick man only encountered the great apostle because of a snake-bitten hand.
3. The apostle Paul was an intellectual.
4. The apostle Paul called it the mystery of iniquity.
5. The apostles taught it.
