• Extraordinary is a special session of the city council called by the mayor.
• The talent of an olympic skier. Remarkably good.

1. beating with a strong, regular rhythm; pulsating.
2. "throbbing dance music"
   • causing pain in a series of regular beats.
   • "a throbbing headache"

1. tending to cause harm.
2. "recent policies have been detrimental to the interests of many old people"

1. a soft leather slipper or shoe, strictly one without a separate heel, having the sole turned up on all sides and sewn to the upper in a simple gathered seam, in a style originating among North American Indians.
2. a venomous American pit viper.

1. raise (a question or topic) for discussion; suggest (an idea or possibility).
2. "the scheme was first mooted last October"

1. HISTORICAL
2. an assembly held for debate, especially in Anglo-Saxon and medieval times. 
   • LAW
   • a mock judicial proceeding set up to examine a hypothetical case as an academic exercise.
   • "the object of a moot is to provide practice in developing an argument"

• Sonar says that we're in eighteen fathoms.

• The locals could not fathom out the reason behind his new-found prosperity

Turbulent (adjective)

1. write or separate with a hyphen.
2. "do you hyphenate ‘willy-nilly’?"

1. a person who is active in more than one sphere or occupation.
2. "producer-director-businessmen hyphenates such as Spielberg"

1. the part of the alimentary canal below the stomach; the intestine.
2. "he felt his bowels loosen"

1. (of a plant) put out shoots.
2. "the weeds begin to sprout"

• “To create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly focused on the smallest detail.” – Giorgio Armani

• "We continue to do that and our campaign to eradicate pensioner poverty goes on."
• "It is extremely difficult to eradicate prejudices so deeply rooted and natural."

• "she earns a weekly wage"
• "my weekly wage when I started work was £4"
• "an income of less than half the average wage"
• "a wage freeze will be very unpopular"

• The study is designed to allow comparisons between children representing different levels of bilinguality.
• These results suggest that early bilinguality may affect the process of knowledge analysis.
  
  

1. an asset or object bought or obtained, typically by a library or museum.
2. a purchase of one company by another.
3. the buying or obtaining of assets or objects.
4. the learning or developing of a skill, habit, or quality.

• "the legacy will be used for new acquisitions"
• "there were many acquisitions among travel agents"
• "western culture places a high value on material acquisition''
• "the acquisition of management skills"

1. the rise and fall of the voice in speaking.
2. accuracy of pitch in playing or singing, or on a stringed instrument such as a guitar.

• "she spoke English with a German intonation"
• "poor woodwind intonation at the opening"

• a useful or valuable thing.
• "water is a precious commodity"

1. liability to display rapid changes of emotion.
2. "the children have been exposed to the full force of her volatility"

1. the capital raised by a company or corporation through the issue and subscription of shares.

• "There is a rising demand for rail travel, since privatisation six years ago."
• "Privatisation of health services has created a two tiered system."
• "Privatisation of the railways was regarded by many as a disaster."

1. Workers eke out a living in the gig economy, doing odd jobs whenever they can.
2. The gig economy, low financing rates and speedier technology have created a more accessible marketplace that requires less trust-busting by federal officials.

1. relating to or denoting a course of study undertaken after completing a first degree.
2. "a postgraduate degree"

1. a student engaged in a postgraduate course.

1. the quality of having or showing great knowledge or learning; scholarship.
2. "he was known for his wit, erudition, and teaching skills"

1. advise or train (someone, especially a younger colleague).
2. "both trainees were expertly mentored by a site supervisor"

1. having or showing intelligence, especially of a high level.
2. "Anna is intelligent and hard-working"

• She can be very intimidating when she's angry.
• He had developed a fearsome reputation for intimidating people.
• Some people find interview situations very intimidating.
• He was a huge, intimidating figure.

• The poor girl was always dressed like a ragamuffin, wearing clothes that were too big and dirty to match
• The ragamuffin and other urchins ran through the streets of the slum, stealing whatever they could get their dirty little paws