to undeceive
/ˌʌndᵻsˈiːv/
verbfree from deception or illusion
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1. But a few hours were to undeceive her.
unfeigned
/ʌnfˈeɪnd/
adjectivenot pretended; sincerely felt or expressed
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unflappable
/ənˈfɫæpəbəɫ/
adjectivehaving the ability to stay composed and calm in difficult circumstances
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1. Yellen remained unflappable.
2. And you'd think it would be tough on Elizabeth, but she's unflappable.
3. Frank Grillo portrays the unnamed, unflappable wheelman in a bank heist scheme, just out of prison and in debt to a Boston crime family.
4. Who has been an UNFLAPPABLE ally.
5. Known variously as the 1st Marquess of Anglesey, the Earl of Uxbridge or more simply, Lord Paget, Henry Paget is an almost mythical figure in British military history, famed for his unflappable demeanour and fearlessness in battle during the Napoleonic Wars.
unflinching
/ənˈfɫɪntʃɪŋ/
adjectivenot shrinking from danger
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resonance
/ˈɹɛzənəns/
nounthe quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and nasal cavities
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1. And once again, we are resonance stabilized.
2. These words have resonance in and of themselves.
3. What is resonance?
4. Resonance is the following.
5. Now, which side would resonance favor?
resonant
/ˈɹɛzənənt/
adjectivecharacterized by resonance
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1. The main concept here is resonant mode.
2. These specific frequencies are called resonant modes.
3. It's too resonant.
4. It's resonant.
5. And, of course, this allylic intermediate was resonant in this form.
to resonate
/ˈɹɛzəˌneɪt/
verbsound with resonance
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1. Our brand resonates differently.
2. So this message resonates easily.
3. The sound of large-caliber weapons resonates throughout the bay.
4. The very name of the place resonates with the romance of these desert lands.
5. Some languages resonate the voice mostly in the nose and head.
pseudonym
/ˈsudəˌnɪm/
nouna fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role
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1. You can't prosecute a pseudonym.
2. And the pseudonym was Richard Bachman.
3. This, of course, is a pseudonym.
4. James Michener had a pseudonym for a pilot in the Korean War.
5. It's my pseudonym.
mellifluous
/mɛlˈɪfluːəs/
adjective(of sounds) smooth, pleasant, and sweet to the ear
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1. "Use my mellifluous, chain-smoking voice that I've cultivated over many years."
2. No, I don't know what it is, but I'm wondering, if you can hear it in my voice, and if it makes my voice sound more mellifluous.
3. It does show the lyre, which makes reference, of course, to the fluency and so on of his mellifluous poetry.
4. They meant kinship, protection and remembrance to a people that didn't see writing as the mellifluous prose of Arabic and Latin.
melodious
/məˈɫoʊdiəs/
adjectiveproducing or having a musical tune, especially one that is pleasant
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1. Before you start drowning me out with those beautiful melodious boos, my Philly friends, remember, it's been a while, but Pennsylvania votes finally matter again.
2. As soon as he did so, the princess’s melodious voice returned.
3. Her melodious voice gained her a lot of attention all around the country, and newspapers started writing articles about her.
4. Using an air sac like a resonance chamber to amplify the sound, he calls out with a long melodious trill.
5. However, what was said to really set them apart was their terrifying, but melodious howl, which sounds like me after stepping on a LEGO.
liability
/ˌɫaɪəˈbɪɫɪti/
nounan obligation to pay money to another party
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1. Courts reduce liabilities.
2. They buy liabilities.
3. Now, assets have to equal liabilities.
4. And they have limited liability.
5. So, here are their liabilities.
liable
/ˈɫaɪəbəɫ/
adjective(often followed by `to') likely to be affected with
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1. Auto Zone's competitors are liable to not give up commercial auto parts retail market share without a fight either.
2. That's jointly and severally liable.
3. And in some states, the man is liable also.
4. Certainly, that person then could be liable under 1708.8.
5. And that person would be liable under section 1708.8.
inert
/ˌɪˈnɝt/
adjectiveunable to move or resist motion
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1. They're inert.
2. They're totally inert.
3. A single idea for me is inert.
4. They are inert.
5. Inert gases have extremely low reactivity and can't ignite.
inertia
/ˌɪˈnɝʃə/
nouna disposition to remain inactive or inert
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1. A house has inertia.
2. This cow, right now, has inertia.
3. Number one, inertia exists.
4. They have inertia.
5. They have inertia.
heredity
/hɝˈɛdəti/
nounthe biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next
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1. The second major cause of the uniqueness of individuals occurs in heredity itself.
2. By the way, heredity means the passing on of DNA to offspring.
3. And so, heredity is a claim about differences, not a claim about the origin of any specific trait.
4. Does the theory of heredity explain it?
5. Does heredity explain such cases?
hereditary
/hɝˈɛdəˌtɛɹi/
adjective(of a disease or characteristic) able to be passed on to a child through the genes of its parents
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1. [Narrator] Unlike DNA changes to RNA are not hereditary.
2. The condition, hereditary otosclerosis would become progressively worse over Howard’s lifetime.
3. Which disease is not hereditary?
4. But hereditary birthmarks did play a key role in ancient Greece.
5. Liver disease can be hereditary.
hereditament
/hɪɹˈɛdɪɾəmənt/
nounany property (real or personal or mixed) that can be inherited
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