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1. After a period of fighting and dying, macrophages alert the brain of the immune system: the dendritic cells.
2. Interferon activity also alerts T cells.
3. 15 minutes later, and back at Buxton Road, a brief message alerts the on-call scenes of crime officers, Karen Duncan and Elaine Reese.
4. Hot take alert!
5. Their loud calls alert the rest of the family.
articulate
/ɑɹˈtɪkjəˌɫeɪt/, /ɑɹˈtɪkjəɫət/
adjective(of a person) able to express oneself clearly and effectively
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1. And this book actually articulates a very consistent thesis.
2. I felt revulsion and disgust, and yet I continued to turn the pages, I would not have known how to articulate it.
3. Even his ankles articulate now.
4. Articulating your military and career experience.
5. Articulate Your Values!
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1. Maybe Anna's power will be something more brainy?
2. She's the brainy pig.
3. So, late last century, some really brainy physicists had this ingenious idea: to instead build computers that are founded on the principles of quantum mechanics.
4. He's the brainy one.
5. Oh it looks so brainy.
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1. That's pretty conceited.
2. The entire kingdom knew about his conceited ways.
3. The entire kingdom knew about his conceited ways.
4. And so I created this kind of conceited guy.
5. She is too conceited to love.
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1. These unexpected frugivores include infamous predators like the American crocodile, Nile crocodile and Saltwater crocodile.
2. Abu Ghraib Prison under Saddam Hussein was infamous.
3. Mr. Bush's reply has become infamous.
4. Infamous Roman Emperors: One of the Roman emperors was Caligula.
5. It's infamous.
intolerant
/ˌɪnˈtɑɫɝənt/
adjectivenot open to accept beliefs, opinions, or lifestyles that are unlike one's own
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1. People are very intolerant.
2. Some people are lactose intolerant.
3. - Anybody lactose intolerant?
4. 75% of the planet is lactose intolerant.
5. In fact about 65% of the world's adults are lactose intolerant.
insensitive
/ˌɪnˈsɛnsətɪv/, /ˌɪnˈsɛnsɪtɪv/
adjectivenot caring about other people's feelings
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1. --That's extremely insensitive.
2. - Well not insensitive
3. In other words, the interaction between pairs of charges is insensitive to the presence of any other charges.
4. The roadworkers aren't insensitive to that.
5. These patches will be pretty insensitive to light or temperature.
judgmental
/dʒədʒˈmɛnəɫ/, /dʒədʒˈmɛntəɫ/
adjectivecriticizing people too quickly
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1. Humans are judgmental.
2. Became really frustrated, really judgmental.
3. That's kind of judgmental.
4. - This doctor sounds so judgmental in this video.
5. His voice was judgmental.
narrow-minded
/nˈæɹoʊmˈaɪndᵻd/
adjectivenot open to new ideas, opinions, etc.
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1. But when you go to those-- there's an old school where it's a very narrow-minded way of looking at things.
2. I think we are that narrow-minded.
3. "I don't like narrow-minded people".
4. In place of these questions has arisen a kind of narrow-minded focus on methodology often at the expense of the life and death issues that make up the substance of the political.
5. Sometimes I can be narrow-minded.
assertive
/əˈsɝtɪv/
adjectiveconfident in expressing one's opinions, ideas or needs in a clear, direct, and respectful manner
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1. BRITTANY: Be more assertive.
2. She's also very assertive.
3. I'm fairly assertive.
4. Be assertive in your physical posture.
5. - Are you assertive?
affectionate
/əˈfɛkʃənət/, /əˈfɛkʃənɪt/
adjectiveexpressing love and care
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1. it's affectionate.
2. - Affectionate term for being derogatory about something and gettin' away with it.
3. We're very affectionate.
4. You're just really affectionate.
5. People are really affectionate here though.
charitable
/ˈtʃæɹətəbəɫ/, /ˈtʃɛɹətəbəɫ/
adjectivekind and generous toward the less fortunate
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1. Charitable organizations that housed the destitute.
2. So, which interpretation of Inception is more charitable?
3. - Illegally mismanaging his charitable foundation.
4. Their treatment of the Barrett M107, the inspiration for their Heavy Sniper, is less charitable.
5. That characterization, in my view, is even more charitable.
dignified
/ˈdɪɡnəˌfaɪd/
adjectivedisplaying calmness and seriousness in a manner that deserves respect
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1. So you have to give him a way out, a dignified way out.
2. You have to make dignified faces, like this one.
3. In its stark gravity, Richard Serra's 'Fernando Pessoa' creates a dignified home for sorrow.
4. It's dignified stuff.
5. You will need A dignified demeanor An interest in the arts and sensible spending habits.
faithful
/ˈfeɪθfəɫ/
adjectivecontinuing to support or being loyal to a certain person, idea, group, etc.
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1. 'I'm going to be your faithful and beautiful wife.'
2. Some faithful friends of Stalin even admitted to having disloyal thoughts if not deeds, which was adequate sin to justify execution.
3. The TV series is very faithful so far.
4. A real man is faithful to his wife.
5. A church bell summoned the faithful to a baptism.
hospitable
/ˈhɑˈspɪtəbəɫ/
adjectivetreating guests or visitors with friendliness, warmth, and generosity
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1. This has been very hospitable.
2. You are hospitable, nice, friendly.
3. The colonies were not hospitable places, needless to say.
4. They're so hospitable.
5. Our gut is a wonderfully hospitable environment for those bacteria.
duplicitous
/duˈpɫɪsɪtəs/
adjectiveattempting to deceive other people
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1. And I thought that left a place to have a conversation about Jefferson as politician as opposed to duplicitous politician insofar as that's redundant.
2. He realised his mistakes and stopped spying, but eventually returned to his duplicitous role with a vengeance.
3. Is there something, perhaps, duplicitous about the way Nathan suggests he's related to this enterprise of imagining?
4. But in 1991, the master conman finally had a stint in prison, at the Federal Correctional Institution, Lompoc, in California, for his involvement in a bankruptcy fraud scheme, where, among other duplicitous activities, he brazenly posed as a variety of different lawyers in the case.
5. Gabrielle Union After starring as the duplicitous BFF Chastity in 10 Things, Gabrielle Union went onto accelerate her status as a screen star, with prominent roles in Bring It On, Love and Basketball, and Bad Boys 2.
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1. and I just started upgrading the equipment!
2. A society of surveillance is just one step away from a society of submission.
3. But this just kind of feels like a hideous way to lose your sword.
4. We just got a really good photographer.
5. In just three years, nurse vacancies nearly doubled.
snake
/ˈsneɪk/
nouna dishonest person with the tendency to deceive people for personal gain
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1. So in the end, snakes pose one of the greatest evolutionary mysteries in the history of animal life.
2. Generally snakes have fairly short tails.
3. Shame on you, sneak snake.
4. Snakes can belch fire.
5. - Snakes can predict earthquakes.
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1. Which I don't think count as Butterfingers now that I think about it.
2. And also a king size Butterfingers are two Butterfingers in one.
3. And also a king size Butterfingers are two Butterfingers in one.
4. There's a fear with Butterfingers that you may lose a tooth.
5. - Butterfingers, I do all that.
dirtbag
/dˈɜːtbæɡ/
nouna person who is hateful or detested because of their dishonest actions
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1. Step on it, dirtbag!
2. But she doesn't come off as a dirtbag or anything.
3. His username was like 'dirtbag' something.
4. Come on, you dirtbag.
5. He's a dirtbag with a heart of gold, and he's my dog.
freeloader
/ˈfɹiˌɫoʊdɝ/
nouna person who habitually takes advantage of others' generosity without offering anything in return
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1. But sometimes, these hungry freeloaders cause serious, life-threatening health problems.
2. Some people tell the story that poor folks are lazy freeloaders who would cheat and lie to get out of an honest day's work.
3. Spend too long sculpting and freeloaders will try to steal it.
4. But he's not a freeloader.
5. Advertisers aren't really interested in targeting freeloaders.
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1. The wretch appalled no longer can dispise.
2. Faced with losing his life, the poor wretch recognises that every minute could be turned into aeons of time, with sufficient imagination and appreciation.
3. Some wretch had just walked out with the Mona Lisa.
4. I followed the poor wretch to his home.
5. "Then I am a miserable wretch for not holding my tongue!"
unruly
/ənˈɹuɫi/
adjectivenot willing to follow rules or instructions
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1. Just the geography here is completely unruly.
2. My bush is unruly.
3. - Unruly passenger, "Meet the Parents."
4. One evening, with the Goths unruly due to shortages of food and water, a large band of reinforcements arrived.
5. Short curly hair sure can be unruly.
scumbag
/ˈskəmˌbæɡ/
nouna person who is seen as untrustworthy or unethical, and who may engage in behavior that is harmful to others
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1. So maybe the real scumbag here is the DNA polymerase.
2. We're all scumbags.
3. Guess scumbags stick together.
4. These guys are scumbags.
5. Yeah, like I hate scumbags like that
douchebag
/dˈuːʃɪbˌæɡ/
nouna person who behaves arrogantly, insensitively, or inconsiderately toward others
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1. Who's this douchebag?
2. These douchebags have never seen black women before.
3. love is a douchebag.
4. love is a douchebag.
5. So fraternity's have a douchebag.
