untoward
/əntəˈwɔɹd/, /əntuˈɔɹd/
adjectivenot expected, normally inconvenient or unpleasant
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1. There wasn’t anything untoward in this two friends’ relationship.
2. It was untoward to question his citizenship, his legitimacy.
3. And so far, we haven't seen anything untoward.
4. "THAT, signor professor, were an untoward experiment."
5. And of course, a new department of justice can create new criminal investigations and unearth all of the untoward doings of the late Trump presidency.
unutterable
/ʌnˈʌɾɚɹəbəl/
adjectivedefying expression or description
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1. In the face of unutterable terror, I was, finally, nearing the top.
2. There is the unutterable sexual rush that can only come about through total corporeal enjambment.
3. No person present even affected to deny, or attempted to repress, the unutterable, shuddering horror which these few words, thus uttered, were so well calculated to convey.
4. Through a species of unutterable horror and awe, for which the language of mortality has no sufficiently energetic expression, I felt my heart cease to beat, my limbs grow rigid where I sat.
5. One thing that makes English words really hard to spell is the schwa, the schwa is that uh, like in butter or unutterable. -
unwitting
/ənˈwɪtɪŋ/
adjectivenot done with purpose or intent
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1. One isn’t acquiring a friend, more an unwitting torturer.
2. Those from a poor backround have a big unwitting advantage here.
3. And Bob Mnookin, the unwitting author of the term the shadow of the court contributed a chapter about the court and peace negotiations.
4. The unwitting intruder knows this, and moves off in search of quieter pastures.
5. The unwitting intruder knows this, and moves off in search of quieter pastures.
unwonted
/ʌnwˈɑːntᵻd/
adjectiveunaccustomed or unusual
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1. It experienced a vague but menacing apprehension that subdued it and made it slink along at the man’s heels, and that made it question eagerly every unwonted movement of the man as if expecting him to go into camp or to seek shelter somewhere and build a fire.
aureole
/ˈɑɹioʊɫ/
nounan indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
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1. No wonder that Amy Foster appeared to his eyes with the aureole of an angel of light.
aurora
/ɝˈɔɹə/
nounan atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force
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1. Massive auroras occurred as far south as the Caribbean.
2. But auroras can also give us clues about the exteriors of other moons and planets.
3. SAIDs aren’t auroras:
4. [MUSIC PLAYING] NARRATOR: Four billion years ago, auroras illuminate the infant atmosphere.
5. Hi my name is Aurora
auroral
/ɝˈɔɹəɫ/
adjectivecharacteristic of the dawn
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1. So if STEVE is an auroral event, then scientists should be able to detect these particles when the streak appears.
2. It accelerates electrons toward Jupiter’s atmosphere and causes additional auroral emissions.
3. We’ve also observed Enceladus’s auroral footprint on Saturn, so we know that this isn’t something unique to Jupiter.
4. In fact, these auroral footprints could be found where there’s any electrically-conducting moon orbiting inside a planet’s magnetosphere, or even a planet inside a star’s.
to denominate
/dɪˈnɑməˌneɪt/
verbassign a name or title to
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1. And the evidence for that is scales, because they were denominating debts in silver
2. So, they're still using Roman currency and denominating everything in Roman currency until Charlemagne and then they're using Carolingian currency.
3. They buy these 30-year bonds denominated in dollars or euros or some other currency, and what's going to happen to those currencies?
4. It consists of a promise to pay, usually denominated in currency, and there are both long-term and short-term debt instruments.
5. We denominate violent crime, which means that--
denomination
/dɪˌnɔməˈneɪʃən/
nounidentifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
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1. The redundant denomination of the depicted object's parts provides a plethora of places-- loci-- not unlike the segments of the Guidonian hand, a common mnemonic device.
2. What are the denominations of American currency?
3. The denominator tells you the denomination, the name.
4. Any other denominations in here say these things?
5. The Methodist church is a national denomination.
denominator
/dɪˈnɑməˌneɪtɝ/
nounthe number below the line in a fraction that shows how many parts the numerator divides into
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1. Common denominator is 6.
2. The denominator is the assets, $10 million.
3. Add the denominator.
4. The denominator tells you the denomination, the name.
5. We grew the denominator.
hypocrisy
/hɪˈpɑkɹəsi/
nouninsincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have
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1. That's hypocrisy.
2. Black press outlets pointed out the hypocrisy of this ban.
3. Come out of hypocrisy.
4. Your shouts of liberty and equality, your sermons and thanksgivings are mere hypocrisy.
5. So that hypocrisy is just incredible.
hypocrite
/ˈhɪpəˌkɹɪt/
nounsomeone who pretends to have virtues or beliefs they do not practice, often contradicting their own stated values or engaging in deceptive behavior
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1. They were hypocrites, no doubt.
2. Who are the hypocrites?
3. They were hypocrites.
4. he's a hypocrite
5. Because we're hypocrites.
hypocritical
/ˌhɪpəˈkɹɪtɪkəɫ/
adjectiveprofessing feelings or virtues one does not have
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1. It's hypocritical.
2. It's hypocritical.
3. Don’t be hypocritical.
4. Because it’s hypocritical.
5. The Personal is Hypocritical?
incontrovertible
/ˌɪŋˌkɑntɹoʊˈvɝtɪbəɫ/
adjectivenecessarily or demonstrably true
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1. I think it's incontrovertible.
2. And these were incontrovertible.
3. No, astronomers had found the first incontrovertible brown dwarf.
4. But Machiavelli couldn't overlook an incontrovertible problem: it doesn't work.
5. And I think that's incontrovertible.
incorrigible
/ˌɪnˈkɑɹədʒəbəɫ/
adjectiveimpervious to correction by punishment
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1. Dottie you're incorrigible.
2. You are incorrigible.
3. So humans are incorrigible.
4. She says your incorrigible.
5. She's getting to be incorrigible here.
incredulity
/ˌɪnkɹəˈduɫɪti/
noundoubt about the truth of something
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1. There was a kind of prejudice against Trump, a kind of incredulity in the parlors of Washington and New York and Los Angeles.
2. It was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity.
3. Now, if at this point, you are shaking your head in absolute disbelief and/or incredulity, you are in super good company.
4. Bryan asked with mocked incredulity.
5. And, I had a little bit of incredulity, which means like, what the heck?
incredulous
/ˌɪnˈkɹɛdʒəɫəs/
adjectivenot disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving
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1. And they're equally incredulous, but in a more benevolent way.
2. That was incredulous!
3. But he was so incredulous.
4. He has an incredulous tone.
5. In this the women are kind of incredulous that Susan Watkins herself does not have any cows.
to misconstrue
/mɪskənˈstɹu/
verbinterpret in the wrong way
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1. Stalkers will typically misconstrue any contact or interaction as validation of a relationship between us.
2. But sometimes a father's love can be misconstrued as controlling, and conversely, the scope of his son's ambition can seem like some pie-in-the-sky fantasy.
3. And to have left that out could be misconstrued.
4. Some passengers overheard them, somehow misconstrued that as terrorist talk, got them kicked off the plane.
5. But in some cases it may be misconstrued as being pushy.
to miscount
/ˈmɪsˈkaʊnt/
verbcount wrongly
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1. Ivan did you miscount something?
2. That's very classic of me to miscount.
3. I miscounted the men, Liz!
4. I miscounted the men!
5. Oh, what the heck I miscounted.
miscreant
/ˈmɪskɹiənt/
nouna person without moral scruples
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1. You failed to apprehend the miscreant.
2. If anything could stop the miscreant, it was this.
3. And the power of that relic is so great that even in the hands of miscreants, it's not to be opposed.
4. But some miscreants don't match any of those criteria.
5. Positively identify the miscreant.
