Category: Advanced Vocabulary (Page 5 of 8)

Write a sentence using the word jeopardy in the comments. Practicing new words in sentences will help you remember them, and it allows me to see if your usage and understanding of the word is correct. If you are not sure, guess! Guessing about how to use new vocabulary also helps make it stick. I will provide correction and feedback for your sentence.

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jeopardy /ˈdʒɛp ər di/

noun

1. hazard or risk of or exposure to loss, harm, death, or injury: For a moment his life was in jeopardy.
2. peril or danger: The spy was in constant jeopardy of being discovered.
3. Law. the danger or hazard of being found guilty, and of consequent punishment, undergone by criminal defendants on trial. 

Origin of jeopardy

Middle English 1250-1300

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Write a sentence using the word gelatinous in the comments. Practicing new words in sentences will help you remember them, and it allows me to see if your usage and understanding of the word is correct. If you are not sure, guess! Guessing about how to use new vocabulary also helps make it stick. I will provide correction and feedback for your sentence.

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gelatinous /dʒəˈlæt n əs/

adjective

1. having the nature of or resembling jelly, especially in consistency; jellylike. 
2. pertaining to, containing, or consisting of gelatin. 

Origin of gelatinous

1715-1725

Related forms: gelatinously, adverb; gelatinousness, noun, gelatinity, noun

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Write a sentence using the word uber in the comments. Practicing new words in sentences will help you remember them, and it allows me to see if your usage and understanding of the word is correct. If you are not sure, guess! Guessing about how to use new vocabulary also helps make it stick. I will provide correction and feedback for your sentence.

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uber /ˈu bər/

adverb

1. having the specified property to an extreme or excessive degree; very: an uber fancy restaurant.

adjective

1. designating a person or thing that exceeds the norms or limited or its kind or class: uber intellectuals. 

Origin of uber

German

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Write a sentence using the word cheeky in the comments. Practicing new words in sentences will help you remember them, and it allows me to see if your usage and understanding of the word is correct. If you are not sure, guess! Guessing about how to use new vocabulary also helps make it stick. I will provide correction and feedback for your sentence.

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cheeky /ˈtʃi ki/

adjective

1. impudent, insolent: a cheeky fellow; cheeky behavior. 

Origin of cheeky

1855-60

Related forms: cheekily, adverb; cheekiness, noun

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Write a sentence using the word accolade in the comments. Practicing new words in sentences will help you remember them, and it allows me to see if your usage and understanding of the word is correct. If you are not sure, guess! Guessing about how to use new vocabulary also helps make it stick. I will provide correction and feedback for your sentence.

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accolade /ˈæk əˌleɪd, -ˌlɑd; ˌæk əˈleɪd, -ˈlɑd/

noun

1. any award, honor or laudatory notice: The play received accolades from the press.
2. a light touch on the shoulder with the flat side of he sword or formerly by an embrace, done in the ceremony of conferring knighthood.
3. the ceremony itself.
   Music. a brace joining several staves.
4. Architecture. an acrchivolt or hood molding having more or less the form of an ogee arch. 
5. Architecture. a decoration having more or less the form of an ogee arch, cut into a lintel or flat arch. 

Origin of accolade

Old French 1615-1635

Related forms: accoladed, adjective

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Write a sentence using the word judicious in the comments. Practicing new words in sentences will help you remember them, and it allows me to see if your usage and understanding of the word is correct. If you are not sure, guess! Guessing about how to use new vocabulary also helps make it stick. I will provide correction and feedback for your sentence.

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judicious /dʒuˈdɪʃ əs/

adjective

1. using or showing judgement as to action or practical expediency; discreet, prudent, or politic: judicious use of one’s money.
2. having, exercising, or characterized by good or discriminating judgement; wise, sensible, or well-advised: a judicious selection of documents.

Origin of judicious

Latin 1590-1600

Related forms: judiciously, adverb; judiciousness, noun

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Write a sentence using the word impervious in the comments. Practicing new words in sentences will help you remember them, and it allows me to see if your usage and understanding of the word is correct. If you are not sure, guess! Guessing about how to use new vocabulary also helps make it stick. I will provide correction and feedback for your sentence.

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impervious /ɪmˈpɜr vi əs/

adjective

1. not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable: The coat is impervious to rain.
2. incapable of being injured or impaired: impervious to wear and tear. 

3. incapable of being influenced, persuaded or affected: impervious to reason; impervious to another person’s suffering.

Origin of impervious

Latin 1640-1650

Related forms: imperviously, adverb; imperviousness, noun

Synonyms

1. invulnerable, closed.

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Write a sentence using the word opulent in the comments. Practicing new words in sentences will help you remember them, and it allows me to see if your usage and understanding of the word is correct. If you are not sure, guess! Guessing about how to use new vocabulary also helps make it stick. I will provide correction and feedback for your sentence.

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opulent /ˈɒp yə lənt/

adjective

1. characterized by or exhibiting opulence: an opulent suite.
2. wealthy, rich, or affluent. 
3. richly supplied; abundant or plentiful: opulent sunshine. 

Origin of opulent

Latin 1595-1605

Related forms: opulently, adverb

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Write a sentence using the word grim in the comments. Practicing new words in sentences will help you remember them, and it allows me to see if your usage and understanding of the word is correct. If you are not sure, guess! Guessing about how to use new vocabulary also helps make it stick. I will provide correction and feedback for your sentence.

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grim /grɪm/

adjective

1. stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise: grim determination; grim necessity.
2. of a sinister or ghastly character; repellent: a grim joke.
3. having a harsh, surly, forbidding, or morbid air: a grim man but a just one; a grim countenance. 
4. fierce, savage, or cruel: War is a grim business.

Origin of grim

Old English 900

Related forms: grimly, adverb; grimness, noun

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Write a sentence using the word burka in the comments. Practicing new words in sentences will help you remember them, and it allows me to see if your usage and understanding of the word is correct. If you are not sure, guess! Guessing about how to use new vocabulary also helps make it stick. I will provide correction and feedback for your sentence.

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burka /ˈbʊər kə, ˈbɜr-/

adjective

1. a loose garment covering the entire body and having a veiled opening for the eyes, worn by Muslim women. 

Origin of burka

Urdu 1830-1840

Source: Dictionary.com