domain
/doʊˈmeɪn/
nouna geographic area that is under the control or influence of a particular entity, such as a nation, ruler, or organization
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1. I ruled my domain.
2. Eminent domain is an absolute necessity for a country.
3. This domain has private registration on it.
4. Domains have value in and of themselves.
5. Domains have four contacts for registration.
dominance
/ˈdɑmənəns/
nounthe state that exists when one person or group has power over another
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1. To assert dominance.
2. Now two new states had achieved dominance over the region.
3. H expresses dominance.
4. This significant decrease in progesterone production causes estrogen dominance.
5. Bullies establish dominance within a social group.
dominant
/ˈdɑmənənt/
adjectivehaving superiority in power, influence, or importance
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1. Cash transactions are still dominant.
2. Definitely my left eye is dominant.
3. So over there, the social reason is dominant.
4. First, tickling is dominant.
5. Indeed, the exit option becomes dominant.
to dominate
/ˈdɑməˌneɪt/
verbbe in control
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1. Humans officially dominate the planet, no contest.
2. Every year sports games dominate the bestsellers lists.
3. Reality stars dominate the television landscape.
4. Commercials for food products and restaurants dominate most TV commercial breaks and print advertising.
5. Others were already dominating the market.
domination
/ˌdɑməˈneɪʃən/
nounpower to dominate or defeat
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1. Its courts, religious law, local priests, and a huge bureaucracy of religious officials enforced its domination.
2. Domination was very much the idea.
3. Domination was on Jeff's mind from the beginning.
4. Not that kind domination, dominate your lighting.
5. - I like female domination.
to domineer
/ˌdɑməˈnɪɹ/
verbrule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner
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1. This is where the parent becomes domineering and controlling.
2. He was domineering toward the children, and as they grew older, they began to fear and loathe him.
3. We should mention that there is a downside to dating them, the bull can become overprotective and a bit domineering at times.
imbroglio
/ˌɪmˈbɹoʊɫˌjoʊ/
nouna very embarrassing misunderstanding
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1. There's an imbroglio story, a comedy of errors.
2. Browder claims a 60 percent success rate, and has expanded Do Not Pay to the U.S. and to other legal imbroglios.
3. Now, this version of Dorotea's imbroglio true to the name she assumes is a grotesque parody of her story.
to imbrue
/ɪmbɹˈuː/
verbpermeate or impregnate
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to imbue
/ˌɪmˈbju/
verbsuffuse with color
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1. Above all, his time in the military imbued the young prince with self-confidence.
2. Somewhere imbued with calm and resilience.
3. Whereas the applesauce and the banana probably will imbue a bit of their flavor into the final product.
4. all parts of the body are imbued with consciousness.
5. Consciousness imbues everything in existence.
immaculate
/ˌɪˈmækjuɫɪt/
adjectivefree from any stain, dirt, or blemish
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1. - We have an immaculate deck.
2. - That is immaculate.
3. It was immaculate.
4. I love immaculate conceptions.
5. The vibes here are immaculate.
physiognomy
/fˌɪzɪˈɑːɡnəmi/
nounthe human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)
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1. And in turn, these inhabitants determine how the biome looks, called its physiognomy.
2. He bought many religious works, many devotional books, but he also bought books on physiognomy, on arithmetic, on travel.
3. Of physiology from top to toe I sing, Not physiognomy alone nor brain alone is worthy for the Muse, I say the Form complete is worthier far, The Female equally with the Male I sing.
4. It was a fine meerschaum, admirably colored to a black the shade of its owner's teeth, but sweet-smelling, gracefully curved, at home in its master's hand, and completing his physiognomy.
5. Did you know that physiognomy is the study of facial features and expressions for assessing someone’s character or personality?
physiography
/fˌɪzɪˈɑːɡɹəfi/
nounthe study of physical features of the earth's surface
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physiology
/ˌfɪziˈɑɫədʒi/
nounthe field of science that studies the function or interactions among organisms
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1. Physiology was your favorite pre-clinical science.
2. One of the most challenging courses in the first year of medical school is human physiology.
3. Strong physiology is so important with the Effortless English system.
4. One is physiology, through the body.
5. And physiology again is a similar idea.
to stimulate
/ˈstɪmjəˌɫeɪt/
verbcause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
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1. The voltage from our musical signal is stimulating our cockroach leg.
2. Number six, stimulate your appetite.
3. Oxytocin’s high levels, in turn, stimulate milk release by mammary ducts.
4. These foods stimulate the reward part of your brain.
5. Frequent workouts stimulate both body and mind.
stimulus
/ˈstɪmjəɫəs/
nounsomething that encourages an activity or causes a reaction in a person or thing
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1. More stimulus is needed.
2. We passed the stimulus.
3. Pair the stimulus with your bad habit or craving.
4. The stimulus passed.
5. They have stimulus checks.
to derive
/dɝˈaɪv/
verbreason by deduction; establish by deduction
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1. - Some superstitions derive out of practical behaviors.
2. 52 derives its name from its concept.
3. US companies, high tech companies derive massive amount of revenue from their Chinese market.
4. The river derives its name from a Native American tribe.
5. A fourth mechanism that will create this kind of positive feedback derives from leverage.
derivative
/dɝˈɪvətɪv/, /dɝˈɪvɪtɪv/
adjectiveformed from an idea that is a slight or full copy of something else
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1. So the derivative probably has a bit of a maximum point there or something.
2. Student: Take the derivative.
3. Peace is derivative.
4. The next asset class is derivatives.
5. Derivatives commonly track other investments like a stock index.
derivation
/ˌdɛɹəˈveɪʃən/
nounthe source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues)
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1. Jim and Florian's game is a derivation of Exquisite Corpse.
2. A derivation would be hydroxychloroquine.
3. Here's the derivation.
4. Now, some of you may find the derivation hard.
5. The derivation of the result you should've seen at least once in your life.
derivational
/dˌɛɹɪvˈeɪʃənəl/
adjectivecharacterized by inflections indicating a semantic relation between a word and its base
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1. Notice that you find an asterisk next to reconstructed forms, and also notice how the derivational path is represented visually.