mockery
mockery
/ˈmɑkɝi/
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Branson's request for a bailout prompted mockery from some corners, especially in the British press.
You thought it was a mockery?
It's a mockery of the US military.

rookery
rookery
/ɹˈʊkɚɹi/
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dowry
dowry
/ˈdaʊɹi/
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Many parents see daughters as a liability since they require dowries to find husbands.
Her first act was to use part of her dowry to buy out August Ritter’s share in Benz’s company.
But he was so poor, he could not pay for a dowry.

intestacy
intestacy
/ɪntˈɛstəsi/
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larceny
larceny
/ˈɫɑɹsəni/
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But like in human societies, larceny is a risky choice.
The bill is stolen by Mr. Burns, who is later arrested by two FBI agents for grand-grand-grand-grand larceny.
Sam and Belle were handed an indictment to appear before the court on the charge of larceny.

autarchy
autarchy
/ˈɔːɾɑːɹki/
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apathy
apathy
/ˈæpəθi/
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The investigation was riddled with apathy and mistakes.
Negative symptoms refer to things like decreased emotional expression, apathy, trouble communicating, and social withdrawal.
It's great for increasing motivation and preventing the apathy and blunting that you can get with the serotonin agents.
oddity
oddity
/ˈɑdəti/
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The vehicle was an oddity in the marketplace, huge, blunt and aggressive.
These were typically filled with oddities and freak shows.
It’s sort of a beautiful picnic of — of — of really intense oddity, you know?
oligarchy
oligarchy
/ˈɑɫəˌɡɑɹki/
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The region's governments were brutal oligarchies.
He suppressed all press freedom, declaring that newspapers were instruments of the oligarchy.
We've created an American oligarchy.

surety
surety
/ˈʃʊɹəti/
nounExamples

functionary
functionary
/ˈfəŋkʃəˌnɛɹi/
nounExamples
papacy
papacy
/ˈpeɪpəsi/
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Frederick was religious, but not a fan of the papacy.
And so in a way, it's the papacy who invents the murderous Machiavelli.
But I mean, the irony is I think that the murderous Machiavelli is an invention of the papacy.
chicanery
chicanery
/ʃɪˈkeɪnɝi/
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No more chicanery, we are in for murder.
I'm so excited John did not fall for that chicanery.
[ Laughter ] As much hindrance and chicanery that comes from this man..
ancestry
ancestry
/ˈænsɛstɹi/
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And there’s a reason we study mitochondrial genomes and Y chromosomes to understand our ancestry.
Knowing about this common ancestry tells us a lot about our shared traits with other primates.
You see, the people who have been studied in GWAS so far are overwhelmingly of white European ancestry.
frequency
frequency
/ˈfɹikwənsi/
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The typical female speaking voice has a vibration frequency of around 220 Hz.
The human ear and brain have limits and cannot assign a pitch to all frequencies of vibration.
It is called the fundamental frequency, the frequency we identify as the pitch of the note.
prosody
prosody
/ˈpɹɑsədi/
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And research shows the prosody of infant-directed speech can help with a baby’s attention and language learning.
But prosody isn’t the whole baby talk story.
Native American English is often identifiable because of its prosody.
creamery
creamery
/ˈkɹimɝi/
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- His dad had a creamery.
This is usually one of the moments I enjoy myself in the creamery.
Herrine: Joseph Sapp opened the South Side ice creamery in 1926.
granary
granary
/ɡɹˈænɚɹi/
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Starving people broke into granaries and the estates of their landlords, helping themselves to food and provisions.
It took generations to make the thousands of holes in this granary.
entirety
entirety
/ɪnˈtaɪɝti/
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Woods has been sponsored by Nike for the entirety of his professional career.
This was the entirety of his existence.
That was the entirety of their army.

promontory
promontory
/pɹˈɑːməntɚɹi/
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