Vocabulary and quotes

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm0a4PuiVqbOQQOsJn8gEGw occlusion   (noun) closure or blockage (as of a blood vessel) occluded front, occlusion   (noun) (meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft occlusion   (noun) (dentistry) the normal spatial relation of the teeth when the jaws are closed blockage, block, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage   (noun) an obstruction in a pipe or tube "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe" blockage, closure, occlusion   (noun) the act of blocking occlusion   (Noun) The process of occluding, or something that occludes. occlusion   (Noun) Anything that obstructs or closes a vessel or canal. occlusion   (Noun) The alignment of the teeth when upper and lower jaws are brought together. occlusion   (Noun) An occluded front. occlusion   (Noun) A closure within the vocal tract that produces an o...

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds  exploded into Early Access in March and quickly became the PC's most popular battle royale: roughly 100 players parachute from a plane onto a 18x18km island, search for weapons and gear, and fight to the death. All the while, a shrinking circle closes around the island, a blue energy field that damages the health of players caught in it. Players must travel, by foot or in vehicles, into the safe area, drawing closer and closer to the remaining players for a final showdown. The last one left alive wins. While Battlegrounds doesn't have the raw complexity of Arma, there are still a few things you need to know before your boots hit the ground (and you swap them for different boots). Here are our best tips on staying alive and winning in PUBG. Follow this guide, and you'll have a shot at being the last one standing. Press Ctrl+T immediately Ctrl+T mutes voice chat. You will want to do this the moment you enter the lobb...

lukewarm, tepid   (adj) moderately warm "he hates lukewarm coffee"; "tepid bath water" halfhearted, half-hearted, tepid, lukewarm   (adj) feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm "a halfhearted effort"; "gave only lukewarm support to the candidate" tepid   (Adjective) Lukewarm; neither warm nor cool. tepid   (Adjective) Uninterested; exhibiting little passion or eagerness. Origin:  From tepidus. Sample Sentences & Example Usage Tepid  demand and the week-long Lunar New Year holiday have limited the rise in imports. [Her argument] is a rather  tepid one. I’m not against it, I’m not for it. His is strong. Tepid  demand is a main factor behind the oversupply of manufacturing and why it has not recovered.

bromide   (noun) any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs platitude, cliche, banality, commonplace, bromide   (noun) a trite or obvious remark bromide   (Noun) A binary compound of bromine and some other element or radical. bromide   (Noun) A dose of bromide taken as a sedative. bromide   (Noun) A dull person with conventional thoughts. bromide   (Noun) A platitude. Bromide   A bromide is a chemical compound containing a bromide ion or ligand. This is a bromine atom with an ionic charge of −1; for example, in caesium bromide, caesium cations are electrically attracted to bromide anions to form the electrically neutral ionic compound CsBr. The term "bromide" can also refer to a bromine atom with an oxidation number of -1 in covalent compounds such as sulfur dibromide. Origin:  From bromine + -ide. Sample Sentences & Example Usage Our preliminary resu...

jolt, jar, jounce, shock   (verb) a sudden jarring impact "the door closed with a jolt"; "all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers" bounce, jounce   (verb) move up and down repeatedly jounce   (Noun) The fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time; The time derivative of acceleration. jounce   (Verb) To jolt; to shake, especially by rough riding or by driving over obstructions. Jounce   In physics, jounce or snap is the fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time, with the first, second, and third derivatives being velocity, acceleration, and jerk, respectively; in other words, the jounce is the rate of change of the jerk with respect to time. Jounce is defined by any of the following equivalent expressions: the following equation is used for constant jounce. ⁕ ⁕ ⁕ ⁕ where The notation is not to be confused with the displacement vector commonly denoted similarly. Currently, there are no ...

scimitar   (noun) a curved oriental saber; the edge is on the convex side of the blade scimitar   (Noun) A sword of Persian origin that features a curved blade. Scimitar   A scimitar is a backsword or sabre with a curved blade, originating in Southwest Asia. The Arabic term saif translates to "sword" in general, but is normally taken to refer to the scimitar type of curved backsword in particular. The curved sword or "scimitar" was widespread throughout the Muslim world from at least the Ottoman period, with early examples dating to Abbasid era Khurasan. The type harks back to the makhaira type of antiquity, but the Arabic term saif is a loan from Greek xiphos. The Persian sword now called "shamshir" appears by the 12th century and was popularized in Persia by the early 16th century, and had "relatives" in Turkey, the Mughal Empire. Origin:  The word scimitar, known in English since 1548, derived from Medieval French cimeterre (15c...

feed, provender   (noun) food for domestic livestock commissariat, provisions, provender, viands, victuals   (noun) a stock or supply of foods provender   (Noun) Food, especially for livestock. provender   (Noun) An edible material that provides sustenance. Origin:  From provendre, from provendre, var. of provende, from praebenda; see prebend.

Chance is the pseudonym God uses when He does not want to sign His name." Anatole France » French writer of sophisticated novels and short stories (1844-1924)

blotted out, obliterate, obliterated   (verb) reduced to nothingness kill, obliterate, wipe out   (verb) mark for deletion, rub off, or erase "kill these lines in the President's speech" obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide   (verb) make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat" obliterate, efface   (verb) remove completely from recognition or memory "efface the memory of the time in the camps" obliterate   (verb) do away with completely, without leaving a trace obliterate   (Verb) To remove completely, leaving no trace; to wipe out; to destroy. Obliterate   Obliterate is a grindcore band from Košice. Founded in 1992, as one of the first band of this genre in Slovakia Origin:  From oblitteratus, perfect passive participle of oblittero, from oblino. Sample Sentences & Example Usage There is no remembrance which time doth not  obliterate,  no...