- an authority
- noun
- kon-uh-sur, -soo
r - 1705–15 French < Latin
- If you are a hardcore coffee connoisseur , you might find the pod choices too limiting. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/connoisseur?s=t
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| A wine connoisseur would tell you that these are some great wines that are really expensive. http://fastfood.ocregister.com/2011/11/15/americans-are-buying-more-expensive-wine-again/137713/ |
Conspiracy
- a plot
- noun
- kuhn-spir-uh-see
- 1325–75 Middle English < Anglo-French
- It is not characterized by baseless, wacky conspiracy theories about worldwide plots by mainstream science. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/conspiracy?s=t
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| There are conspiracy theories about how 9/11 was planned by the government not terrorists. http://newsone.com/742485/ |
Contrite
- sorry
- adjective
- kuhn-trahyt, kon-trahyt
- 1300–50 Middle English < Latin
- Finally, during his appearance, he testified that he was remorseful and contrite regarding his criminal behavior. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/contrite?s=t
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| Tiger Woods appeared contrite when he told the media that he had cheated on his wife. http://blogs.ajc.com/jeff-schultz-blog/2010/02/19/woods-i-thought-i-could-get-away-with-whatever-i-wanted/ |
Distraught
- anxious
- adjective
- dih-strawt
- 1350–1400 Middle English
- Food addiction can form where one turns to food when they are physically in pain, emotionally distraught or simply bored. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/distraught?s=t
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| This man seems distraught because of something, probably work. http://daniela09.edublogs.org/words-i-love/ |
Germane
- related
- adjective
- jer-meyn
- 1620-30 Middle English
- In fact, the only tax-related subject that's germane to deficit reduction is increases in total tax revenue. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/germane?s=t
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| All of these screws are germane to the original design. http://www.finedictionary.com/germane.html |
Lucid
- easy to understand
- adjective
- loo-sid
- 1575-85 Latin
- Every successive crisis finds him as understanding of others as he is lucid d about himself, and his impulse is truly magnanimous. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/lucid?s=t
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| Many people have lucid dreams while asleep and are aware of the dream. They often feel as if they are flying or do something else. http://www.in5d.com/how-to-have-lucid-dreams.html |
Plight
- an unfortunate situation
- noun
- plahyt
- 1350–1400 Middle English < Anglo-French
- As the plight of the colonies seemed more and more hopeless, Washington was offered dictatorial powers. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/plight?s=ts
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| This man has his arm stuck in a crack between two rocks. The plight resulted in the man having to cut off his arm. http://moviescreenshot.blogspot.com/2011/06/127-hours-movie-screenshots.html |
Superficially
- slightly
- adverb
- soo-per-fish-uhl e
- 1375–1425 late Middle English < Late Latin
- We think that these dreams have undergone considerable distortion and for this reason are not to be judged superficially . http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/superficially?s=t
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| The women thinks superficially about herself because she thinks so much about her hair and makeup. http://www.knowji.com/portfolio-item/superficial/ |
Symmetrical
- balanced
- adjective
- si-me-tri-kuhl
- 1745-55 Latin
- Her features are perfectly symmetrical as are her teeth. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/symmetrical?s=t
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| The Taj Mahal is a symmetrical building because it has a balanced design. http://nutters.edublogs.org/2010/05/24/symmetrical-buildings/ |
Verbose
- wordy
- adjective
- ver-bohs
- 1665-75 Latin
- The gag was the first salvo in what has become a long and verbose cartoon war. http://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/sentences-with-the-word/verbose.html
- dictionary.com
- google.com
- etemology.com
- google.com/images
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| The teacher was very verbose because he used many words and repeated things over and over so that he could fit his short thirty minute lesson plan into an hour and a half class. http://www.clickspring.co/2013/08/how-to-write-better-content/ |
