comparison
/kəmˈpɛɹəsən/
noun
the process of examining the similarities and differences between two or more things or people
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1The physician and writer Lewis Thomas most famously made this comparison in 1973.
2But massive sonic booms had no comparison.
3Ultimately, comparison is a fool's errand for two reasons.
4Here comes comparison.
5Number eight is comparisons.
comparative
/kəmˈpɛɹətɪv/
adjective
relating to or based on or involving comparison
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1His reasoning is comparative.
2Comparative reading actually is nothing new.
3Steve and Dan Ziblatt's book is much more comparative.
4My torts class is quite comparative.
5Another logic is comparative risk.
comparable
/ˈkɑmpɝəbəɫ/, /kəmˈpɛɹəbəɫ/, /kəmpɹəbəɫ/
adjective
having a similar ground that justifies making a comparison
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1My state is only moderately comparable.
2The system performance of both vehicles is comparable.
3So the fuel consumption is directly comparable.
4Comparable inferior, that makes no sense.
5The daiya is comparable.
angelic
/ˌænˈdʒɛɫɪk/
adjective
marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint
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1And two angelic beings descend from Heaven.
2It is so angelic.
3- Great, this baby is angelic.
4Yeah, I mean, or angelic powers.
5Look at it his angelic little smile.
archangel
/ˌɑɹˈkeɪndʒəɫ/
noun
an angel ranked above the highest rank in the celestial hierarchy
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1As an archangel dog of war, he can usher those who have passed over into Heaven.
2Richard Speight Jr. played the archangel Gabriel, disguised as the trickster Loki.
3Golden eagle, archangel, we have been engaged.
4The angel on this card is Gabriel, Archangel of water, and Gabriel has his trumpet.
5And that angel is Rafael, the archangel of the air.
ingénue
/ˈɑndʒəˌnu/, /ˈɪnˌdʒɛnˌju/, /ˈɪndʒənu/, /ɪnˈdʒɛnu/
noun
a young, innocent, and naive character, often a young woman, in a story or play
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1Right, it's important to hire first timers, young ingenues, and give them a shot.
2So, was it Dierdre, the wife in green, or Marlene, the ingenue in red?
3Do I still have the skin for an ingenue?
4- I wanted to be an ingenue.
5I feel like an ingénue, at 45.
ingenuous
/ˌɪnˈdʒɛnjuəs/
adjective
showing simplicity, honesty, or innocence and willing to trust others due to a lack of life experience
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1Centuries ago, the Inca developed ingenuous suits of armor that could flex with the blows of sharp spears and maces, protecting warriors from even the fiercest physical attacks.
2And I look at that, and it's very ingenuous, but it also shows that his motivation is to keep all of your money in his bank because he wants to control your money.
3Best of all, the company set up a CCTV camera to film their attempts, which made for an ingenuous advertisement of their product.
4it's fast charging, it's ingenuous.
to obtrude
/əbˈtɹud/
verb
thrust oneself in as if by force
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1The first and the one I did mention last time is the way in which language obtrudes itself as sound.
2Well, you have to speak very carefully or language obtrudes.
to obstruct
/əbˈstɹəkt/
verb
block passage through
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1To obstruct the inspector?
2Sometimes this growth can literally obstruct the tube.
3Obstruction of justice obstructs justice.
4The sign is obstructed.
5The sign is obstructed.
admittance
/ədˈmɪtəns/
noun
the act of admitting someone to enter
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1First denied testing, twice denied E.R. admittance.
2She then applied for admittance to MIT but was turned down.
3But one must prove one's worth for admittance.
4We obtained a scholarship-free admittance to seven different universities, and now he's going to NYU.
5He had 10 years in which to try, and only on admittance did he become a full citizen and a regular soldier.
admissible
/ədˈmɪsəbəɫ/
adjective
allowable, acceptable, or valid, especially in a court of law
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1None of this is admissible in court.
2When they were coming in unlimited, they had to be admissible.
3Can body language be submitted as admissible evidence in court?
4well polygraphs aren't admissible in court.
5Because it's not admissible in court in your guys's eyes.
pitiful
/ˈpɪtəfəɫ/
adjective
deserving or inciting pity
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1That is really pitiful, Mr. Darwin.
2Isn't he pitiful?
3Your god is pitiful!
4His mother had a very pitiful auberge.
5It's pitiful.
pitiless
/ˈpɪtiɫəs/
adjective
without mercy or pity
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1Sadness has wrapped each sufferer up in a pitiless sense of their own singularity.
2The lack of domesticity, the pitiless illumination and anonymous furniture offer an alternative to ordinary sentimentality and good taste.
3Celestina is a pitiless book with what can all ready be called a realistic quality, and I'll talk about realism in a minute.
4We are born into a pitiless universe, facing steep odds against life-enabling order and in constant jeopardy of falling apart.
5And we did it in 1846, when surgery was virtually torture and surgeons were told what they needed most was to be pitiless.
pitiable
/ˈpɪtiəbəɫ/
adjective
inspiring mixed contempt and pity
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1I groaned in anguish at the pitiable spectacle . .
2We have love for pitiable people when we think we can actually end up in the same situation.
3He was in a pitiable state of reaction, with every nerve in a twitter.
4I groaned in anguish at the pitiable spectacle.
5You cannot bear to see anyone in a pitiable state.
sinus
/ˈsaɪnəs/
noun
a wide channel containing blood; does not have the coating of an ordinary blood vessel
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1Kind of clears my sinus.
2Presence of a normal P wave therefore indicates sinus rhythm.
3Paranasal sinuses are air cavities in the bones of the skull.
4The sinuses are non-tender.
5A cold of any kind can really affect your sinuses.
sinuous
/ˈsɪnwəs/
adjective
curved or curving in and out
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1Ah, I feel better now so lets check out a game Mr. Orange Paper sent me called Sinuous.
2Nicknamed Nessie, the rumored creature is most often described with a small head on a long, sinuous neck with a thick body, seal-like flippers, and a long tail.
3It matches the sand around there, and it's sinuous.
4The great creator raised his sinuous, powerful, flexible arm, and we know where we stand.
5Shortly before sunrise, in the shadows of the forest, the mud ghosts approached the enemy lines, with slow, sinuous movements.
sinuosity
/sˌɪnjuːˈɑːsɪɾi/
noun
having curves
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1At that point, as you recall, because I had the feeling that maybe the explanation is a little bit-- was a little bit too wriggly, but Dante's poem-- canto moves in that way with a lot of sinuosities there.
tutelage
/ˈtjutɪɫɪdʒ/
noun
teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately)
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1He put his sons under the tutelage of John Hemings who was the carpenter, the master carpenter at Monticello.
2From his tutelage, I gained a lot of really important skills.
3Is she getting some tutelage from a force ghost like Luke or Yoda?
4I studied under the tutelage of John Chancellor, David Brinkley, Barbara Walters, all of them at NBC.
5She was placed under the tutelage of the Earl of Shrewsbury down in the Midlands.
tutelar
/tˈuːɾɛlɚ/
adjective
providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding

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tutorship
/tˈuːɾɚʃˌɪp/
noun
teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately)

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