to refract
/ɹɪfɹˈækt/
verbsubject to refraction
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1. Its dense material causes the light to refract.
2. As sunlight travels from one layer to another, the light refracts, or bends, just a teeny tiny bit.
3. And this refracts the light slightly sideways creating shadows at the bottom of the container.
4. - You're twisting my words, like light refracts through a raindrop.
5. - They're refracting my face!
refractory
/ɹəˈfɹæktɝi/
adjectivestubbornly resistant to authority or control
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1. That bit of time is called a refractory period.
2. And women may not experience a refractory period at all.
3. The relative refractory period lasts until the end of hyper-polarization.
4. This is due to refractory properties of the cells of the AV node.
5. A split second later, the ventricle enters its refractory period.
to refrain
/ɹɪˈfɹeɪn/
verbresist doing something
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1. The refrain is Shine swam on.
2. Refrain totally.
3. In other words, to refrain the mistake.
4. Refrain from sexual activity while you are being treated.
5. Tip number six, refrain from gossip.
baritone
/ˈbɛɹəˌtoʊn/
adjectivelower in range than tenor and higher than bass
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1. Fourteen-year-old Alex Schachter played trombone and baritone.
2. Baritone, think of like that rich middle voice like a Josh Groban.
3. My cousin Sammy Hagar is a baritone.
4. He's still taking a baritone.
5. As a baritone that has stretched his registration.
bass
/ˈbæs/, /ˈbeɪs/
adjectivehaving or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range
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1. Watch out basses.
2. Este plays bass.
3. No matter the volume, the bass always shines through.
4. then the bass walks down
5. Infinite bass, enter the place.
inextricable
/ˌɪˈnɛkstɹɪˌkəbəɫ/
adjectivenot permitting extrication; incapable of being disentangled or untied
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1. Its fandom and their skills are inextricable from the game's success.
2. It's an inextricable mix of all of it.
3. For most relevant phenomena, we are inextricable mix of our nature and nurture.
4. In just a short time, they've become an inextricable part of the cultural landscape-- especially in Hollywood.
5. The language of Homer and of Virgil and of Pindar and of Ovid had become an inextricable part of his literary imagination and of his consciousness in general.
infallible
/ˌɪnˈfæɫəbəɫ/
adjectiveincapable of being wrong, making mistakes, or failing
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1. But these kill switches are not infallible.
2. Infallible means never failing.
3. The vaccine for small pox is infallible.
4. Are they infallible?
5. The media, of course, are not infallible.
inflexible
/ˌɪnˈfɫɛksəbəɫ/
adjective(of a rule, opinion, etc.) fixed and not easily changed
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1. Very much giving you inflexible.
2. So, I've always been kind of inflexible.
3. This person is extremely inflexible in his thinking.
4. Yo' girl is incredibly stiff, inflexible.
5. Without treatment, the behavior and experience is inflexible and usually long-lasting.
irresistible
/ˌɪɹɪˈzɪstəbəɫ/
adjectiveimpossible to resist or refuse, usually because of being very appealing or attractive
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1. They are irresistible.
2. From cheap delivery to artisanal pies, the combination of cheese, tomatoes, and dough is irresistible.
3. It's irresistible.
4. It is irresistible.
5. The contrast between the crisp top and the creamy richness of the ham and cheese is irresistible either as a side dish or a main course.
irresolute
/ɪɹˈɛzəlˌuːt/
adjectivehesitant and uncertain about what to do
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1. As Churchill once said, "they go on in strange paradox, decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all-powerful to be impotent."
2. On the one hand, he must not be volatile and irresolute, and, on the other hand, he must not fear to try a new line because he has failed in another.
3. Vashti stood irresolute.
irresponsible
/ˌɪɹəˈspɑnsəbəɫ/
adjective(of a person) not showing or having a good judgment incapable of handling assignments or taking responsibility of any kind
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1. That’s irresponsible.
2. So this alternative was irresponsible.
3. It is irresponsible.
4. You were irresponsible.
5. That's irresponsible.
to irrigate
/ˈɪɹəˌɡeɪt/
verb(of crops, land, etc.) to supply with water, typically by artificial means
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1. Irrigating my face.
2. All irrigated.
3. Irrigate the tile, with the tile.
4. He irrigates crops during drought.
5. - To joyfully irrigate your happy tree.
innate
/ˌɪˈneɪt/
adjectivenot established by conditioning or learning
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1. it's innate.
2. This mechanism is innate.
3. Innate disorders include phagocyte and complement deficiencies.
4. Power is innate to all beings in existence.
5. That's innate.
inmost
/ˈɪnmoʊst/
adjectivesituated or occurring farthest within
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1. For I delight in the law of God in my inmost self
2. Their whims, fancies, and ambitions are thwarted at every step, but their inmost thoughts and desires are fed with their own food, be it foul or clean.
3. Whatsoever you harbor in the inmost chambers of your heart will, sooner or later by the inevitable law of reaction, shape itself in your outward life.
4. I will put my teaching into their inmost being and inscribe it upon their hearts.
5. But in its inmost depth my heart remained unchanged.
to infuse
/ˌɪnˈfjuz/
verbundergo the process of infusion
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1. Infuse the saffron, dog. -
2. Bread infused.
3. Infusing vodka or bourbon with Reese's Pieces candy.
4. The soil and climate in the White Nile region of Uganda, infuse the Arabica beans with unique flavors.
5. Infusing the cocktail with a little smoke.
infusion
/ˌɪnˈfjuʒən/
nounthe act of infusing or introducing a certain modifying element or quality
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1. And this infusion of coral pigments gives the bleached coral a colorful hue.
2. This infusion is kind of a free infusion.
3. This infusion is kind of a free infusion.
4. Now my bread infusion has reduced enough.
5. God's infusion of vital virtue and vital warmth should have completely filled the matter of chaos with spirit and life.
to inhume
/ɪnhjˈuːm/
verbplace in a grave or tomb
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