novel
/ˈnɑvəɫ/
adjectivenew and unlike anything else
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1. The novel also explores the protagonist’s own anti-blackness and ignorance towards black history.
2. - I love novels.
3. None of us are truly novel.
4. You read novels.
5. She read novels.
novelette
/nˌɑːvɪlˈɛt/
nouna short novel or a long short story, typically having fewer conflicts than a novel but more complicated ones than a short story
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munificence
/mjuːnˈɪfɪsəns/
nounliberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit
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1. I think it'd be really nice to acknowledge that incredible munificence of this loan.
2. Look at the munificence of Boaz's crop.
munificent
/mjuːnˈɪfɪsənt/
adjectivevery generous
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1. We're creating a world that's going to be so munificent that essentially, everything's going to be free.
to libel
/ˈɫaɪbəɫ/
verbprint slanderous statements against
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1. It was the libel capital of the world.
2. Because we have so little respect for English law in terms of libel.
3. These are libels.
4. Libel, the definition is defamation through print materials.
5. In the English common law tradition, libel in private enterprise generally found favorably to plaintiffs.
libation
/lɪbˈeɪʃən/
nounthe act of pouring a liquid offering (especially wine) as a religious ceremony
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1. We see a libation dish.
2. And then above the swags you can see these libation dishes.
3. And of course, the waylakama spin, the trajectory of the route, is marked by holy mounds of Earth, where coke is given to the Earth, libations of alcohol to the wind, the vortex of the feminine is brought to the mountaintop.
4. You know, 2:00 a.m., you've had a couple libations.
5. It has since become the liberating libation of choice for freedom-loving drinkers around the world.
junction
/ˈdʒəŋkʃən/
nounthe place where two or more things such as roads or railways cross
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1. In healthy people, this junction looks like smooth waves between the epidermis and the dermis.
2. Yellow criss-cross lines mark a box junction.
3. Nobody in the roundabout, the junctions are good.
4. Box junctions are often found in busy areas.
5. Closed junctions are common in the town.
juncture
/ˈdʒəŋktʃɝ/
nounan event that occurs at a critical time
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1. This is a critical juncture where you have the power to stop your descent.
2. Thus, my remarks today turn on a critical juncture in the long history of citizenship in the United States.
3. At this juncture, Damon Stoudamire takes center stage.
4. In any case, draft night would present an important juncture.
5. What the smartest people in history have said at various junctures in your life.
to invoke
/ˌɪnˈvoʊk/
verbsummon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
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1. The studied composition in Vermeer's paintings invokes a balanced harmony.
2. Your ancestor may invoke any number of times per turn.
3. And people invoke clouds.
4. Both parties invoke "one nation under God."
5. Beaches like the Rockaways invoke a memory of a bygone era of wooden boardwalks and rollercoasters.
invocation
/ˌɪnvəˈkeɪʃən/
nouna prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service
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1. That was an invocation to our father, Lucifer.
2. The event began with an invocation from the archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Wilton Gregory.
3. giving invocation.
4. There's your invocation.
5. So look at the invocation.
hypochondriac
/ˌhaɪpəˈkɑndɹiæk/
adjectivesuffering from a mental condition that consists of constantly being concerned, anxious, or worried about one's health and becoming ill
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1. I am not a hypochondriac.
2. And I was a hypochondriac.
3. I was a hardcore hypochondriac.
4. Call me a hypochondriac for my dog, I don't know, but.
5. Or that I'm a hypochondriac.
hypodermic
/ˌhaɪpəˈdɝmɪk/
adjectiverelated to the parts deep under the skin
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1. So it's kind of like these hypodermic needles.
2. It's like a giant hypodermic needle.
3. The hypodermic needle compares media messages to medicine.
4. They are hollow just like a hypodermic syringe.
5. What she found is rather shocking, a hypodermic needle.
hypotenuse
/haɪpˈɑːtənˌuːs/
nounthe side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
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1. So the hypotenuse has length 1.
2. And the hypotenuse has length 1.
3. Here is the hypotenuse.
4. I know my hypotenuse.
5. Then the hypotenuse will connect these two points.
grievous
/ˈɡɹivəs/
adjectivecausing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
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1. If you attack somebody with acid, you're talking about grievous bodily harm.
2. Our friend Noctus has suffered a grievous wound.
3. These are obvious and grievous violations of social morality.
4. By afternoon they had suffered grievous losses and the orderly marching column had degenerated into three distinct contingents strung out over miles of trail, with Varus in the rear.
5. This indulgence and this familiarity are matters of grievous concern to Americans.
grievance
/ˈɡɹivəns/
nouna complaint about a (real or imaginary) wrong that causes resentment and is grounds for action
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1. You should feel your grievances.
2. What's the real grievance?
3. What was the grievance list?
4. A grievance is a justified complaint.
5. Three years later, both sides aired more specific grievances in detail publicly.
frigid
/ˈfɹɪdʒəd/
adjectiveextremely cold
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1. There, the Nordic Sea’s frigid waters clash with much warmer Irminger Sea.
2. Frigid tempuratures, loud noise, sickening turbulence, and constant danger to boot.
3. The frigid cold actually drives the prey from the high country down into the valley below.
4. , those frigid waters are home to brittle stars.
5. - It's absolutely frigid.
frigidity
/fɹɪdʒˈɪdɪɾi/
nounthe absence of heat
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1. So can White Walkers really shatter steel swords like we see in Game of Thrones with their frightening frigidity?