Category: Advanced Vocabulary (Page 7 of 8)

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veracity /vəˈræs ɪ ti/

noun, plural veracities

1. habitual observance of truth in speech or statement; truthfulness: He was not noted for his veracity. 
2. conformity to truth or fact; accuracy: to question the veracity of his account. 
3. correctness or accuracy, as of the senses or of a scientific instrument. 
4. something veracious; a truth.

Origin of veracity

Medieval Latin 1615-1625

Synonyms

1. honesty, integrity, credibility.

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Write a sentence using the word boisterous 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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boisterous /ˈbɔɪ stər əs, -strəs/

adjective

1. rough and noisy; nosily jolly or rowdy; clamorous; unrestrained: the sound of boisterous laughter. 
2. (of waves, weather, wind, etc.) rough and stormy.
3. Obsolete. rough and massive. 

Origin of boisterous

Late Middle English 1425-75

Related forms: boisterously, adverb; boisterousness, noun

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Write a sentence using the word gregarious 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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gregarious /grɪˈgɛər i əs/

adjective

1. fond of the company of others; sociable.
2. living in flocks or herds, as animals.
3. Botany. growing in open clusters or colonies; not matted together. 
4. pertaining to a flock or crowd. 

Origin of gregarious

Latin 1660-1670

Related forms: gregariously, adverb; gregariousness, noun

Synonyms

1. social, genial, outgoing, convivial, companionable, friendly, extroverted.

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Write a sentence using the word dissonance 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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dissonance /ˈdɪs ə nəns/

noun

1. inharmonious or harsh sound; discord; cacophony.
2. Music. a simultaneous combination of tones conventionally accepted as being in a state of unrest and needing completion. 
3. an unresolved, discordant chord or interval. 
4. disagreement or incongruity.

Origin of dissonance

Late Latin 1565-1575

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Write a sentence using the word repertoire 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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repertoire /ˈrɛp ərˌtwɑr, -ˌtwɔr, ˈrɛp ə-/

noun

1. the list of dramas, operas, parts, pieces, etc., that a company, actor, singer, or the like, is prepared to perform. 
2. the entire stock of works existing in a particular artistic field: A new play has been added to the theatrical repertoire. 
3. the entire stock of skills, techniques, or devices used in a particular field or occupation: a magician’s repertoire. 

Origin of repertoire

French, Late Latin 1840-1850

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Write a sentence using the word bombard 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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 bombard /verb bɒmˈbɑrd, bəm-; noun ˈbɒm bɑrd/

verb (used with an object)

1. to attack or batter with artillery fire. 
2. to attack with bombs.
3. to assail vigorously: to bombard the speaker with questions. 
4. Physics. to direct high energy particles or radiation against: to bombard a nucleus.

noun

1. the earliest kind of cannon, originally throwing stone balls. 
2. Nautical. bomb ketch.
3. an english leather tankard of the 18th century and earlier, similar to but larger than a blackjack. 
4. Obsolete. a leather jug. 

Origin of bombard

Late Middle English, Medieval Latin 1400-1450

Related forms: bombarder, bombardment, noun

Synonyms

verb 3. beset, harass, hound, besiege.

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Write a sentence using the word cognizant 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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cognizant /ˈkɒg nə zənt, ˈkɒn ə-/

adjective

1. having cognizance; aware (usually followed by of): He was cognizant of the difficulty. 
2. having legal cognizance or jurisdiction. 

Origin of cognizant

1810-1820

Synonyms

1. conscious.

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Write a sentence using the word nomenclature 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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nomenclature /ˈnoʊ mənˌkleɪ tʃər, noʊˈmɛn klə tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər/

noun

1. a set or system of names or terms, as those used in a particular science or art, by an individual or community, etc.
2. the names or terms comprising a set or system.

Origin of nomenclature

Latin 1600-1610

Related forms: nomenclatural, nomenclatorial  /ˌnoʊ mən kləˈtɔr i əl, -ˈtoʊr-/, nomenclative  /ˈnoʊ mənˌkleɪ tɪv/, adjective

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Write a sentence using the word sequester 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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sequester /sɪˈkwɛs tər/

verb (used with an object)

1. to remove or withdraw into solitude or retirement; seclude.
2. to remove or separate; banish; exile.
3. to keep apart from others; segregate or isolate: The jury was sequestered until a verdict was reached.
4. Law. to remove (property) temporarily from the possession of the owner; seize and hold, as the property and income of a debtor, until legal claims are satisfied.
5. International Law. to requisition, hold, and control (enemy property).
6. to trap (a chemical in the atmosphere or environment) and isolate it in a natural or artificial storage area: There are processes to sequester carbon from a peer plant’s exhaust gases.
7. (Noun) an act or instance of sequestering; separation; isolation.
8. sequestration (definition 7): domestic programs starved for cash by the federal sequester. 

Origin of sequester

Middle English, Latin 1350-1400

Related forms: sequestrable, adjective

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Write a sentence using the word circumvent 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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circumvent /ˌsɜr kəmˈvɛnt, ˈsɜr kəmˌvɛnt/

verb (used with object)

1. to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues.
2. to avoid (defeat, failure, unpleasantness, etc.) by artfulness or deception; avoid by anticipating or outwitting: he circumvented capture by anticipating their movements.
3. to surround or encompass, as by stratagem; entrap: to circumvent a body of enemy troops.

Origin of circumvent

Latin 1545-1555

Related forms: circumventer, circumventor, noun; circumvention, noun; circumventive, adjective

Synonyms

2. escape, elude, evade, outwit. 3. encircle, ensnare.