intramural
/ˌɪntɹəmˈjʊɹəɫ/
adjectivecarried on within the bounds of an institution or community
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1. There could be intramural sports.
2. Maybe play intramural sports.
3. And we have intramural international collaborations.
4. Maybe do an intramural sport with your family.
5. We play intramural
intracellular
/ˌɪntɹɑˈsɛɫjəɫɝ/
adjectivelocated or occurring within a cell or cells
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1. Low levels of intracellular cholesterol induce its own production, while high cholesterol levels inhibit it.
2. The sulfatide accumulates within cells of the nervous system like Schwann cells and oligodendrocytes, and aggregates to forms intracellular granules.
3. Now, the vast majority, around 98%, of all of the body’s potassium is intracellular, or inside of the cells.
4. Two-thirds of that 60%, or 40% of body weight, is intracellular fluid.
5. The intracellular concentration of sodium is low.
transcript
/ˈtɹænsˌkɹɪpt/
nouna reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)
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1. read the transcript from behind closed doors.
2. Here's that transcript.
3. Also, lots of podcasts have their transcripts online.
4. My transcript is evidence of that.
5. Here's the transcript.
to transcribe
/tɹænsˈkɹaɪb/
verbrewrite in a different script
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1. 2, transcribe with set settings.
2. Transcribe their document.
3. Scribes painstakingly transcribed the same bibles, devotionals, and stories.
4. - Transcribe the tapes.
5. DNA is transcribed into mRNA.
to subvert
/səbˈvɝt/
verbcause the downfall of; of rulers
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1. - I'm subverting the genre.
2. And finally, subvert your patterns of thinking.
3. They were subverted.
4. They subvert the male gaze.
5. Any incentive system can be subverted by bad will.
subversive
/səbˈvɝsɪv/
adjectivein opposition to a civil authority or government
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1. The truly subversive position is to defend sports.
2. Initially it was more subversive.
3. Sometimes they were subversive enemies of the Roman order.
4. Be subversive.
5. To be subversive.
subversion
/səbˈvɝʒən/
noundestroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity
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1. The subversion of Cuba that I mentioned-- that's a new Obama program.
2. They promised twists and subversions and shocking conclusions.
3. It's sort of another subversion of normal co-op in a way.
4. What you get is subversion and reaction.
5. It's subversion, and you are accessories to it.
to retrace
/ɹiˈtɹeɪs/
verbto return somewhere from the same way that one has come
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1. She's retracing the previous path.
2. We're going to retrace the 1928 Tour de France.
3. You retrace the footsteps of Abraham.
4. You retrace the footsteps of Abraham.
5. The cub's mother retraces her steps, searching for him.
to retract
/ɹiˈtɹækt/
verbpull inward or towards a center
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1. The claws of a cat, they retract.
2. The wing mirrors retract.
3. Retract the leash on any larger dogs.
4. - I retract my previous statement.
5. your testes retract back into your body.
retraction
/ɹiˈtɹækʃən/
nounthe act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back
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1. In no time, a legal team sought a retraction.
2. Was that the retraction?
3. Dissociation and retraction are cutting data connections.
4. So these retractions may in fact reduce the damages that the news organizations face.
5. They signal retraction of the landing gear and closing of flaps.
to retrench
/ɹiˈtɹɛntʃ/
verbmake a reduction, as in one's workforce
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1. They had to retreat and they had to literally retrench.
2. The Tigray party retrenched in their home region, defying Abiy by holding regional elections.
3. "'Retrench': reduce expenditure, cut."
4. So Roscoe Pound's focus was on common law legalism and an attempt to retrench, as against the administrative state baselines derived from the common law.
5. They retreated, they retrenched to Long Island, New Jersey, Westchester and Connecticut.
characteristic
/ˌkɛɹəktɝˈɪstɪk/
adjectivedescribing something that is very typical of something or a person's character
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1. At the beginning of the list of elements, characteristics repeat every seven elements.
2. -Identifying characteristics?
3. The lyrics and instrumentation are very characteristic.
4. The taste and aroma of cinnamon are very characteristic.
5. Even the newest additions to the troupe are already displaying different characteristics.
charisma
/kɝˈɪzmə/
nouna compelling charm or attractiveness that inspires devotion and enthusiasm in others
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1. She has charisma.
2. Come on charisma.
3. Charisma, my dad was this charismatic guy.
4. Fidel Castro established charisma for himself.
5. I attributed charisma to him.
debacle
/dəˈbɑkəɫ/
nouna sudden and violent collapse
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1. The Ant IPO debacle is the tipping point.
2. My mom's going to google this debacle.
3. Will unfamiliar situations end in a debacle?
4. - There you go, "Debacle."
5. Who remembers Ryan Lochte's Olympic debacle?
to debase
/dəˈbeɪs/
verblower in value by increasing the base-metal content
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1. And those guys couldn’t stand the way Nero debased his office.
2. The gold is dulled, Debased the finest gold, The sacred gems are spilled a
3. "and are now no longer of account as coins but are debased."
4. But I mean, it has debased the discourse in our country.
5. They might devalue, debase others.
effeminacy
/ˈɛfɪmˌɪnəsi/
nounthe trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man)
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effeminate
/iˈfɛmɪnət/
adjectivehaving unsuitable feminine qualities
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1. Oh, you're just a bunch of girls and effeminate boys!
2. There were men who are called effeminates who were given great status.
3. neonatalpenguin says Louis CK's handsome effeminate younger brother has great taste in music.
4. But Jack's dad did not approve of our child's effeminate behavior, and it created such tensions that we ended up in couple's counseling.
5. You think it's effeminate?
folio
/ˈfoʊˌɫioʊ/
nouna sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)
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1. This is a folio.
2. The most basic folio you can buy from their website.
3. A clear example of this type of alteration is found on folio 34 verso.
4. Worse than the screen are the Folio speakers.
5. You get the leather folio cases.
foliage
/ˈfoʊɫiɪdʒ/, /ˈfoʊɫɪdʒ/
nouna plant or tree's branches and leaves collectively
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1. And that really dries out the foliage.
2. Each of these paintings had bridge, foliage, lily pads, and water.
3. Pay attention to your plants as foliage, too.
4. The foliage may seem spin away at first.
5. Just like the trees in Pakistan, the foliage here looks very unusual.