oblique
/əˈbɫik/
adjectiveslanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled
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1. This is oblique.
2. So this stretch is kind of isolating our obliques on the side of our body.
3. - You might need, - Oblique.
4. The Landmine Rotation builds great core strength, primarily in your obliques.
5. It hits your obliques.
to obliterate
/əˈbɫɪtɝˌeɪt/
verbremove completely from recognition or memory
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1. Over 99% of the population was obliterated.
2. Bonds had absolutely obliterated a pitch from K-Rod.
3. His timeline is obliterated.
4. Your snack hat, yeah, is obliterated back there.
5. Absolutely obliterate your clove of garlic.
sanction
/ˈsæŋkʃən/
nounan official or decree or statement granting permission or approval
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1. Take sanctions.
2. Those sanctions may include: -Reprimand - Suspension without pay - Removal - Termination of classification authority - Loss or denial of access to classified information, or -Other sanctions in accordance with applicable law and agency regulation.
3. Those sanctions may include: -Reprimand - Suspension without pay - Removal - Termination of classification authority - Loss or denial of access to classified information, or -Other sanctions in accordance with applicable law and agency regulation.
4. Is it company sanctioned?
5. Iranian companies are facing considerable sanctions.
sanctimonious
/ˌsæŋktəˈmoʊniəs/
adjectiveattempting to showcase how one believes to be morally or religiously superior
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1. So again, in Italy the attacks of the Italian left, the Communist Party in particular on Berlusconi, were often greeted as sanctimonious and hypocritical.
2. And if he didn't, the movies would just be sanctimonious.
3. But I am very reluctant to be entirely dismissive, and sanctimonious, and to above that, and I don't want to be close to it.
sanctity
/ˈsæŋktɪti/
nounthe quality of being holy
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1. Every marriage undermines the sanctity of marriage.
2. Douglass questioned the sanctity of July Fourth, that great cultural marker of freedom.
3. He has violated the sanctity of the South.
4. The fifth foundation is purity/sanctity.
5. Don't interrupt the sanctity of the buns.
equivocal
/ɪˈkwɪvəkəɫ/
adjectivedeliberately not having one obvious meaning and therefore open to interpretation, often intended to deceive
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1. I was trying to think if there is an Air Force equivocal.
2. Arius gave a kind of equivocal acceptance of this arrangement, but the Bishop of Alexandria refused to accept Arius back into communion.
3. The second one of these cases, Anaconda Copper, the court sort of said some equivocal things, but basically, came down saying that there were a number of reasons he was going to find the monument, at this juncture of the case, fine.
4. Again, nothing wrong with trying these things-- and some people will swear by them-- but the evidence is equivocal.
5. The only evidence we have for the presence of a divine will at all is the extremely equivocal evidence of Samson's intimate impulse.
to equivocate
/ɪˈkwɪvəˌkeɪt/
verbto purposely speak in a way that is confusing and open to different interpretations, aiming to deceive others
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1. I've seen a lot of tip toeing and equivocating in other reviews when it comes to this camera, so let me be clear about my impression.
2. The Bible is equivocating on this institution.
3. The Bible, again, equivocates on this question.
4. Okay, so Kamala Harris is sort of equivocating.
5. - I'm glad that you equivocate strength to being a woman.
innocuous
/ˌɪˈnɑkjuəs/
adjectivenot injurious to physical or mental health
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1. Face mites, for example, are pretty innocuous.
2. So algorithms are pretty innocuous by themselves.
3. It looks incredibly innocuous.
4. - They're, innocuous at best.
5. A lot of things are pretty innocuous.
inglorious
/ˌɪnˈɡɫɔɹiəs/
adjective(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
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1. For Franz Josef, the aftermath of his brother’s inglorious death was an embarrassing time, as it was for many in Europe.
2. It's a kind of unofficial skirmish by a rump garrison of French legionnaires who leave Brittany and go raiding on the Isle of Jersey, resulting in an inglorious 15-minute long battle, after which the governor of the island is court martialed for his dereliction in allowing it to happen in the first place.
3. Who would think, then, that such fine ladies and gentlemen should regale themselves with an essence found in the inglorious bowels of a sick whale!
4. So, the Ionian rebellion has come to an inglorious conclusion.
5. Circumstances of an imperious nature, which it is unnecessary to relate here, had prevented him from taking service with that gallant army which had fought the disastrous campaigns ending with the fall of Corinth, and he chafed under the inglorious restraint, longing for the release of his energies, the larger life of the soldier, the opportunity for distinction.
infidel
/ˈɪnfɪˌdɛɫ/
nouna person who does not acknowledge your god
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1. The infidels are our enemy until the day of judgment.
2. This piratical warfare, the opprobrium of infidel powers, is the warfare of the christian king of Great Britain.
3. Now, infidel, I have you on the hip.
4. Kafir means infidel.
5. It might fall also on infidels, religious dissenters, Jews and gypsies.
phenomenon
/fəˈnɑməˌnɑn/
nounan observable fact or event that is perceived through the senses
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1. Industry experts call this phenomenon pet humanization.
2. Magicians also prey on our change blindness, the psychological phenomenon in which we fail to notice changes in our environment.
3. Also, this phenomenon can most likely explain the asteroid’s weird shape.
4. This phenomenon only happens here and in other places like the Gobi desert and Saudi Arabia.
5. This phenomenon actually has a name, the doorway effect.
phenomenal
/fəˈnɑmənəɫ/
adjectiveof or relating to a phenomenon
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1. Yours looks phenomenal.
2. Your stage presence, your breath control was phenomenal.
3. The flavour from oregano is phenomenal.
4. His reviews are phenomenal.
5. The Costco toy selection is phenomenal.
idiosyncrasy
/ˌɪdioʊˈsɪnkɹəˌsi/
nounan unusual or strange behavior, thought, or habit that is specific to one person
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1. To him this is more of the strange idiosyncrasies of the American sporting personality.
2. There are some idiosyncrasies though.
3. - There's an interesting idiosyncrasy with this card, actually.
4. He has a lot of flaws, a lot of idiosyncrasies.
5. So there's definitely some idiosyncrasies here.
idiom
/ˈɪdiəm/
nouna manner of speaking or writing that is characteristic of a particular person, group, or era, and that involves the use of particular words, phrases, or expressions in a distinctive way
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1. Idioms give me much more detail and expression than just a normal adjective.
2. Next we have idioms.
3. Native English speakers use idioms in their everyday speech.
4. Idioms are another common problem for textbook learners.
5. Idiom: to hit the road.
imperfectible
/ɪmpˈɜːfɛktəbəl/
adjectivecapable of being made imperfect
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imperceptible
/ˌɪmpɝˈsɛptɪbəɫ/
adjectiveimpossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses
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1. Compared to that reality, Healy's imperceptible blackness is of little consolation.
2. It'll pick up speed, but this pickup in speed will be imperceptible because in the 19th decimal place of v/c, it'll go from 99999 to something near the end.
3. These invisible agents or forces together with the imperceptible particles of matter make up the subtle states of the phenomenal universe.
4. But of course, the effect is imperceptible.
5. And above all, it’s imperceptible!
impassive
/ˌɪmˈpæsɪv/
adjectivedeliberately impassive in manner
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1. Louisa's face was impassive.
2. But my torso would remain perfectly still and my face would remain impassive, expressionless.
3. But yeah, I had heard it from a couple of directors that I'm very impassive when you're pitching me an idea.
4. It's just an impassive creature taking whatever life sends its way.
5. Arguably, the lighting effect on the illustration of an impassive model for the French company Tho-Radia has a tinge of the early horror movie poster.
impatience
/ˌɪmˈpeɪʃəns/
nouna lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay
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1. Impatience is one of my pathways.
2. And I understand the impatience.
3. So impatience by Irving Fisher is the discount.
4. well until their impatience takes over.
5. Otherwise, your impatience may cost you some lost data.
immoderate
/ɪmˈɑːdɚɹət/
adjectivebeyond reasonable limits
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1. And Harry Pelham was an immoderate guy, he was a hothead.
2. And this is going to be at least the attempt of Dante to curb his powers as he witnesses the story of immoderate hunger for knowledge of a flight of the mind.
3. It opened, rousing immoderate hopes in Vashti, for she thought that the Machine had been mended.
4. But I was wild with the excitement of an immoderate dose of opium, and heeded these things but little, nor spoke of them to Rowena.
5. The very opposite of superbia which implies some kind of immoderate flight away-- a sense of the view of the overman, the idea of being a superman.
impalpable
/ɪmpˈælpəbəl/
adjectiveimperceptible to the senses or the mind
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1. In this impalpable aura of grace Madame de Treymes' dark meagre presence unmistakably moved, like a thin flame in a wide quiver of light.
2. He's talking about the impalpable audible bond or the bond of audibility that just brings one person to the presence of another person.
3. So really, design takes everything into account, and the interesting thing is that as the technology advances, as we become more and more wireless and impalpable, designers, instead, want us to be hands-on.