to refract
/ɹɪfɹˈækt/
verb
subject to refraction
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1Its dense material causes the light to refract.
2As sunlight travels from one layer to another, the light refracts, or bends, just a teeny tiny bit.
3And 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/
adjective
stubbornly resistant to authority or control
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1That bit of time is called a refractory period.
2And women may not experience a refractory period at all.
3The relative refractory period lasts until the end of hyper-polarization.
4This is due to refractory properties of the cells of the AV node.
5A split second later, the ventricle enters its refractory period.
to refrain
/ɹɪˈfɹeɪn/
verb
resist doing something
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1The refrain is Shine swam on.
2Refrain totally.
3In other words, to refrain the mistake.
4Refrain from sexual activity while you are being treated.
5Tip number six, refrain from gossip.
baritone
/ˈbɛɹəˌtoʊn/
adjective
lower in range than tenor and higher than bass
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1Fourteen-year-old Alex Schachter played trombone and baritone.
2Baritone, think of like that rich middle voice like a Josh Groban.
3My cousin Sammy Hagar is a baritone.
4He's still taking a baritone.
5As a baritone that has stretched his registration.
bass
/ˈbæs/, /ˈbeɪs/
adjective
having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range
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1Watch out basses.
2Este plays bass.
3No matter the volume, the bass always shines through.
4then the bass walks down
5Infinite bass, enter the place.
inextricable
/ˌɪˈnɛkstɹɪˌkəbəɫ/
adjective
not permitting extrication; incapable of being disentangled or untied
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1Its fandom and their skills are inextricable from the game's success.
2It's an inextricable mix of all of it.
3For most relevant phenomena, we are inextricable mix of our nature and nurture.
4In just a short time, they've become an inextricable part of the cultural landscape-- especially in Hollywood.
5The 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/
adjective
incapable of being wrong, making mistakes, or failing
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1But these kill switches are not infallible.
2Infallible means never failing.
3The vaccine for small pox is infallible.
4Are they infallible?
5The media, of course, are not infallible.
inflexible
/ˌɪnˈfɫɛksəbəɫ/
adjective
(of a rule, opinion, etc.) fixed and not easily changed
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1Very much giving you inflexible.
2So, I've always been kind of inflexible.
3This person is extremely inflexible in his thinking.
4Yo' girl is incredibly stiff, inflexible.
5Without treatment, the behavior and experience is inflexible and usually long-lasting.
irresistible
/ˌɪɹɪˈzɪstəbəɫ/
adjective
impossible to resist or refuse, usually because of being very appealing or attractive
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1They are irresistible.
2From cheap delivery to artisanal pies, the combination of cheese, tomatoes, and dough is irresistible.
3It's irresistible.
4It is irresistible.
5The 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/
adjective
hesitant and uncertain about what to do
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1As 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."
2On 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.
3Vashti 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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1That’s irresponsible.
2So this alternative was irresponsible.
3It is irresponsible.
4You were irresponsible.
5That's irresponsible.
to irrigate
/ˈɪɹəˌɡeɪt/
verb
(of crops, land, etc.) to supply with water, typically by artificial means
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1Irrigating my face.
2All irrigated.
3Irrigate the tile, with the tile.
4He irrigates crops during drought.
5- To joyfully irrigate your happy tree.
innate
/ˌɪˈneɪt/
adjective
not established by conditioning or learning
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1it's innate.
2This mechanism is innate.
3Innate disorders include phagocyte and complement deficiencies.
4Power is innate to all beings in existence.
5That's innate.
inmost
/ˈɪnmoʊst/
adjective
situated or occurring farthest within
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1For I delight in the law of God in my inmost self
2Their 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.
3Whatsoever 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.
4I will put my teaching into their inmost being and inscribe it upon their hearts.
5But in its inmost depth my heart remained unchanged.
to infuse
/ˌɪnˈfjuz/
verb
undergo the process of infusion
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1Infuse the saffron, dog. -
2Bread infused.
3Infusing vodka or bourbon with Reese's Pieces candy.
4The soil and climate in the White Nile region of Uganda, infuse the Arabica beans with unique flavors.
5Infusing the cocktail with a little smoke.
infusion
/ˌɪnˈfjuʒən/
noun
the act of infusing or introducing a certain modifying element or quality
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1And this infusion of coral pigments gives the bleached coral a colorful hue.
2This infusion is kind of a free infusion.
3This infusion is kind of a free infusion.
4Now my bread infusion has reduced enough.
5God's infusion of vital virtue and vital warmth should have completely filled the matter of chaos with spirit and life.
to inhume
/ɪnhjˈuːm/
verb
place in a grave or tomb

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