Marily Oppezzo - Want to be more creative? Go for a walk

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1. iterative - repetitious or frequent
The process of recruiting new employees is an ongoing iterative process.
Noel investigated the performance of the iterative procedure.

2. refinement - a small change that improves sth
This plan of yours needs small refinements to be really good.
Thanks to these refinements my laptop works better.

3. novelty - the quality of being new and unusual
The novelty of this film soon wore off.
Peter enojyed the novelty of not having lots of things to do.

4. to survey - to ask people questions to find out about their opinions
Many of the students surveyed said that they did not enjoy the lecture.
Luna surveyed 40 people who were selceted randomly.

5. residue - sth that is left after the main part is no longer present
I don't think they'll be able to contain residues of pesticides.
It is almost impossible to remove all pesticide residues form fruits.

Jill Shargaa - Please, please, people. Let's put the 'awe' back in 'awesome'

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1. reverence - a feeling of respect/admiration for someone/something
Peter Parker shows great reverence for Tony Stark.
Lily's acrions showed her reverence for the king.

2. to schlep - to haul or carry something with effort and difficulty
Do I have to schlep this armchair upstairs?
Darcy was exhausted after schlepping her luggage around all day.

3. mundane - ordinary, not interesting
She's not interested in mundane matters such as finding a boyfriend.
Somehow she managed to make this mundane situation fascinating.

4. amphibious - able to operate/live on land and in water
They used an amphibious vehicle to escape from this cursed island.
Tomato Frogs and American Toads are examples of amphibious animals.

5. to uplift - to improve/raise sth to a higher position
Noctis's speech uplifted the soldiers' morales.
She used to sing this song to uplift the mind and the spirit of the troubled people.