bane
/ˈbeɪn/
nounsomething causing misery or death
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1. My main nemesis is Bane.
2. Can you guys do Bane?
3. My main nemesis is Bane.
4. Illegal immigration became the bane of my existence.
5. These Devil cookies are the bane of my existence.
banter
/ˈbæntɝ/
nounlight teasing repartee
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1. - It was playful banter.
2. There's banter.
3. Banter about that pet and then get that pet in here.
4. I miss the banter with the kitchen staff too.
5. Awkward banter, deeply personalized samples, bad dancing.
automaton
/ɔˈtɑməˌtɑn/
nouna mechanism that can move automatically
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1. They definitely weren’t automatons.
2. She makes wooden automaton art pieces.
3. She first saw an automaton on TV when she was 7 years old and was amazed by it.
4. This is a cellular automaton invented by computer scientist Melanie Mitchell.
5. But unfortunately, at least in this context, we aren't automatons.
autobiography
/ˌɔtəbaɪˈɑɡɹəfi/
nounthe story of the life of a person, written by the same person
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1. I read her autobiography.
2. You have to earn your autobiography.
3. So what is autobiography?
4. So, I actually read Mariah Carey's autobiography.
5. Many autobiographies have one.
autopsy
/ˈɔˌtɑpsi/
nounan examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
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1. We can do autopsies.
2. You do autopsies here, okay.
3. Instead, farmers must carry out regular autopsies over the course of various years.
4. In addition to the gruesome details of his death, the autopsy revealed a couple of really interesting things.
5. According to Fremont County Sheriffs, family members declined an autopsy.
to encamp
/ɪnˈkæmp/
verblive in or as if in a tent
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1. When in difficult country, do not encamp.
2. Caesar encamped just outside of the city on the coast.
3. He encamped seven miles from the city of Nicopolis, where Pharnaces had gathered his army.
4. The Pompeian forces had encamped in a strong position on high ground on the west side of the River Sicoris, just outside the hilltop town of Ilerda which controlled a stone bridge - a key access point into the peninsula.
5. Cao Cao’s army encamped on the northwestern shore of the Yangtze near Wulin, and the allies set up their camp opposite him at Red Cliffs.
to encapsulate
/ɛnˈkæpsəˌɫeɪt/
verbenclose in a capsule or other small container
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1. The kale is encapsulated.
2. That encapsulates the journey of wilderness survival.
3. So this foam perfectly encapsulates the rear motor.
4. In the biblical context, names encapsulate the essence of their bearer.
5. Ferry's arguments for imperial expansion in many ways encapsulate French colonial ideology in the late nineteenth century.
enclave
/ˈɑnˌkɫeɪv/, /ˈɛnˌkɫeɪv/
nounan enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it
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1. Of course, it has a secure enclave.
2. And this chip includes secure enclave.
3. On the 20th of July the Greek Cypriot forces attacked the Turkish Cypriot enclaves at Limassol, Paphos, and Agyrta-Nicosia, with different levels of success.
4. Other enclaves of Lefka, Denizli, Famagusta and Limnitis were also under attack.
5. A small enclave totally surrounded by South Africa.
to encompass
/ɛnˈkəmpəs/
verbto include a wide range of different things; to completely cover something
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1. The flame really encompassed the totality of the device.
2. Today, the Corpse Party franchise encompasses manga spin-offs, live-action films, and drama CDs.
3. My role and our team encompasses two things.
4. It encompasses the Carolingian ancestral lands.
5. It encompasses almost 3,000 square feet of space.
indiscriminate
/ˌɪndɪsˈkɹɪmənət/
adjectivefailing to make or recognize distinctions
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1. That kind of indiscriminate fire can risk civilian casualties.
2. So she's more indiscriminate.
3. Be indiscriminate.
4. In which case, the destruction was thorough, the slaughter indiscriminate.
5. But the snare's indiscriminate nature means other animals often fall foul of them with devastating results.
indispensable
/ˌɪndɪˈspɛnsəbəɫ/
adjectivenot to be dispensed with; essential
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1. it is indispensable.
2. To the efficacy and permanency of your Union, a government for the whole is indispensable.
3. Experiments are indispensable in Organic Chemistry.
4. It is indispensable.
5. They're indispensable.
indistinct
/ˌɪndɪˈstɪŋkt/
adjectivenot clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand
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1. Outside these ranges the notes become indistinct.
2. The film's female heroes are more or less interchangeable Barbie dolls, with minimal dialogue and indistinct personalities.
3. The jetty begins as an indistinct form, jutting out from the rocks.
4. But off-centre in Comfort mode, it is quite indistinct.
5. When she blushed it gradually became more indistinct, and finally vanished amid the triumphant rush of blood that bathed the whole cheek with its brilliant glow.
ineluctable
/ɪnɪlˈʌktəbəl/
adjectiveimpossible to avoid or evade
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1. Today on OFT, we're gonna talk about the nemesis of word nerds everywhere, the ineluctable drift of language.
2. Do you know what ineluctable means?
3. Failure is the ineluctable norm.
4. To them, this was the central and ineluctable flaw in the entire project.
inept
/ˌɪˈnɛpt/
adjectivegenerally incompetent and ineffectual
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1. What conspiracy theorists don't grasp is that the elite is also inept.
2. Yeah, I feel totally inept.
3. But I actually think right now, it's an organisationally inept party.
4. but he's totally inept.
5. Then there's Spongebob's best friend, the inept starfish Patrick.
to persist
/pɝˈsɪst/
verbto keep doing something despite opposition or difficulty
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1. Yet malaria persists.
2. But the hallucination persisted.
3. The mystery persisted for about 20 years.
4. Wars persist.
5. Power persists.
persnickety
/pˈɜːsnɪkɪɾi/
adjectivecharacterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details
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1. You're just a persnickety little Simon, I know you are.
2. His persnickety screen persona and impeccable comedic timing made for so many unforgettable moments.
3. If you have persnickety fruit flies and don’t see any in the container the next morning, try a different bait.
4. Now with persnickety weeds, you can take a black tarp, a silage tarp and cover that area.
5. That machine is real persnickety.
to recant
/ɹiˈkænt/
verbformally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
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1. She later recanted her statement.
2. They later recanted.
3. He recanted that on Monday afternoon.
4. Simon also recanted his confession.
5. Did this guy recant?
to recline
/ɹɪˈkɫaɪn/
verblean in a comfortable resting position
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1. The last row doesn't even recline.
2. - Just reclined it.
3. First, carefully recline your front seat.
4. My husband Dan reclines in the chair.
5. Recline tilt lock.
recumbent
/ɹɪkˈʌmbənt/
adjectivelying down; in a position of comfort or rest
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1. In the past, they've done studies where they got a bunch of people riding this recumbent bicycle while doing their desk work.
2. And it's a lot faster than a recumbent bike.
3. You can find this on YouTube, the gentleman who's recumbent on a motorcycle while text messaging.
4. and I do understand that some people who ride recumbent bicycles have mobility challenges and can't ride the bicycle
5. - I learned that Will, Will drives one of those recumbent bikes to work.
to redress
/ˈɹidɹɛs/, /ɹɪˈdɹɛs/
verbmake reparations or amends for
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1. There should be some redress.
2. What's the redress?
3. Feeling themselves unjustly treated they earnestly sought redress.
4. Next we heard the expression 'redress the balance'.
5. It would not have redressed the injury.
