ADJECTIVES Flashcards
(920 cards)
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CARCINOGENIC
MED
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Capable of causing cancer
Carcinogens - noun
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PRIMORDIAL
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Existing from the beginning of the universe
(MED) basic, connected with the early stage of development
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ERRATIC
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Moving or behaving in a way that is not regular, certain, or expected
Changing suddenly and unexpectedly
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PERIL
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Great danger, sth very dangerous
The cause of injury, the reason sth damaged
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TAN’GENTIAL
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Different from or not directly connected with the main topic you’re talking about
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GNARLY
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Rough and twisted, especially because of old age or no protection from bad weather
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OBITUARY
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A notice reporting someone’s death, usually with some info about their life
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GRIEF-STRICKEN
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Anguished, distressed, heartbroken
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VIVACIOUS
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Esp a girl, attractively energetic & enthusiastic
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VISCERAL
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based on deep feeling and emotional reactions rather than on reason or thought
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‘RAUCOUS
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unpleasantly loud
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PRO’MISCUOUS
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Involving many sexual partners
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OPA’LESCENT
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Something that is opalescent reflects light and changes colour like an opal
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COMPLACENT
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feeling so satisfied with your situation that you don’t need to try harder
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KNACKERED
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Extremely tired
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DERELICT
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in a poor condition bc of disuse and neglect
a person without a home, job or property
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DE’CREPIT
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in a bad condition bc of being old, not being cared for
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RAGGED
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Torn clothes, uneven surface
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RICKETY
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in bad condition and therefore weak, likely to break
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RETICULATED
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arranged or having a pattern like a net of lines and squares, or structure of pipes and wires
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PLODDING
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slow, continous
(person) hardworking but lack intelligence
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‘HEINOUS
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utterly bad or evil
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ADAMANT
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impossible to persuade, unwilling to change opinion or decision
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AFFABLE
sociable, easy-going
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pleasantly easy to apporach or to talk to
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**AFLUTTER**
Excited and nervous
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**AFFLUENT**
wealthy, properous, well-off
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**A'KIN (to)**
Similar to
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**ALBINO**
A person or animal with white skin and hair and pink eyes
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**ALOOF**
Not friendly or willing to take part in things
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**AMBIVALENT**
Having 2 opposing feelings at the same time, being uncertain about how you feel
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**'AMICABLE**
Relating to behaviour between people that is pleasant and friendly, often esppite a difficult situation
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**ADROID AT**
Clever or skillful in using the hands and mind
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**ANECDOTAL**
not based on the facts or careful study
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**ANODYNE**
Intended to avoid causing offence or disagreement, esp by not expressing strong feelings or opinions
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**APPALLED AT / BY**
Dismayed, horrified, shocked by
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**APPREHENSIVE**
Anxious or fearful of sth bad will happen
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**APT**
Suitable or right for a particular situation
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**PROVERBIAL**
(of a word or phrase) referred to in a proverb or idiom
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**ASSAILABLE**
Attack violently
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**ASPIRANT**
Having ambitions to achieve sth, typ. to follow a particular career
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**AU'SPICIOUS**
Suggesting a positive and successful future
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**AVA'RICIOUS**
Showing an extremely strong wish to get or keep money or possessions
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**BE AMPED (ABOUT)**
Excited or full of energy
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**BOTCHED**
Carried out badly or carelessly
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**APHRODISIAC**
Thing that cause excitement
Food, drink, drug stimulates sexual desire
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**AU'SPICIOUS**
Suggesting a positive and successful future
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**AU'TONOMOUS**
Autonomous person makes their own decisions rather than being influenced by someone else
Autonomous vehicles
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**AWESTRUCK**
Filled with or revealing awe
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**BACKED UP**
too many things/too much traffic going on, have to wait a long line
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**BAFFLED**
Perplexed
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**BAL'LISTIC**
Extremely and suddenly excited, upset or angry
(physics) behaving like a projectile
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**RETICULATED**
Arranged or having a pattern like a net of lines and squares, or a structure of pipes and wires
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**WASHED UP**
you're no longer successful or having chances of success in the future
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**HAND WRINGING**
The clasping together and squeezing of one's hands, especially when distressed or worried
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**RILED UP**
Angry because of something someone has done or said
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**BARREN**
Not producing or unable to produce plants
Bleak and lifeless
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**VENGEFUL**
Expressing a strong wish to punish someone who has harmed you or your family or friends
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**PE'DANTIC**
Giving too much attention to formal rules or small details
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**PROSTHETIC**
Relating to an artificial body part, such as an arm, foot, or tooth, that replaces a missing part
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**PREFATORY**
Coming at the beginning of a piece of writing or a speech
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**CORNROWED**
One of many strips of hair twisted together close to the head in thin rows
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**MORBID**
too interested in unpleasant subjects, especially death
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**IMMACULATE**
perfectly clean or tidy, without any mistakes
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**INCENSED**
very angry; enraged
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**CREDULOUS**
Tending to believe something on little evidence.
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**INSOLENT**
rude and not showing respect
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**TANTAMOUNT**
Being almost the same or having the same effect as something, usually something bad
| **EQUIVALENT**
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**PROBABILLISTIC**
Based on or relating to how likely it is that something will happen
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**INSOLENT**
rude and not showing respect
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**ELOQUENT**
giving a clear, strong message
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**LIGHT-FINGERED**
A habit of stealing things
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**ANEMIC**
Having too few red blood cells - lack of energy
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**ANGST-FILLED**
Dissastified / unhappy
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**BALLISTIC**
Extremely and suddenly excited, upset or angry
(physics) behaving like a projectile
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**BALLSY**
Brave and determined
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**BA'NAL**
Boring, ordinary not original
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**BAR'BARIC**
Extremely cruel or unpleasant
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**BAR'BAROUS**
Savagely cruel, exceedingly brutal
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**BEFUDDLED**
Unable to think clearly
= perplexed / confused
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**BENIGN**
Gentle & kindly
(med) not harmful in effect
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**BER'ZERK**
Very angry, out of control
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**BE'WITCHED**
Cast a spell on, enamored
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**BEWILDERED**
Perplexed, flummoxed, confused, puzzled, bemused
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**BLEAK**
Lacking vegetation and exposed to the elements
Dreary, depressing
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**BINAURAL**
Relating to or used with both ears
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**BINOMIAL**
An expression that has two terms that are not the same 4x+y
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**BIPARTISAN**
Supported by or consisting of 2 political parties
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**BOVINE**
Related to cattle
Slow or stupid in a way that a cow is thought to be
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**BRASH**
(of people) showing too much confidence and too little respect
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**BUCOLIC**
Relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside / country life
= rural
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**BUSTLING**
Full of activity, lively.
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**CALLOUS**
Showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others
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**CARDINAL**
Central or essential
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**CA'PRICIOUS**
Sudden / unaccountable changes of mood / behavior
= temperamental
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**CE'REBRAL**
Intelligent and serious, and enjoying serious thought than emotion
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**NONCHALANT**
behaving in a calm manner, often in a way that suggests you are not interested or do not care
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**CHISELED**
(facial) Strongly & clearly defined
(wood) shaped or cut with a chisel
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**CHOCK-FULL**
Completely full
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**CLANDESTINE**
Planned or done in secret, esp describing sth that is not official allowed
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**CLASSIST**
Treating someone unfairly or having negative opinions about them based on their social class
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**CLUNKY**
Heavy and solid in an ugly way
Awkward or badly done
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**CO'GENT**
Clearly expressed and persuasive
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**COLLOQUIAL**
Informal and more suitable to use in speech than in writing
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**EFFABLE**
Able to be described in words
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**COMMENSURATE**
In a correct and suitable amount compared to sth else
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**COERCIEVE**
Using force to persuade people to do things that they are unwilling to do
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**COM'BATIVE**
Eager to fight or argue
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**COMMENSURATE**
In a correct and suitable amount comparted to sth else
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**CONGENIAL**
Friendly pleasant, agreeable
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**CONGENITAL**
(Disease) spread directly or indirectly from people to another
(Emotion, feeling, attitude) likely to spread & affect others
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**RUDIMENTARY**
basic, fundamental
at the early stage
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**EXCRUCIATING**
intensely painful
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**CALLOUS**
Showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others
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**CEREBRAL**
Intelligent and serious, and enjoying serious thought than emotion
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**CHOCK-FULL**
Completely full
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**CLASSIST**
Treating someone unfairly or having negative opinions about them based on their social class
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**CLANDESTINE**
Planned or done in secret, esp describing sth that is not official allowed
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**CONCEITED**
Excessively proud of oneself
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**CONJUGAL (ACT)**
Connected with marriage or relationship between 2 married people, esp their sexual relationship
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**CONSTITUENT**
One of the parts that a substance or combination is made of
A voter in particular area of the country
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**CONSUMMATE**
Perfect, or complete in every way
Showing high degree of skill and flair
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**CONTENTIOUS**
Causing, involving, or likely to cause disagreement = controversial
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**COQUETTISH**
Trying to attract attention by pretending to be sexually interested in someone, in a pleasant but not serious way
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**CROOKED**
Not forming a straight line, having many bends
Dishonest
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**CRUCIFEROUS**
Belonging to the cabbage family
Honest, fair, straightforward
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**CRYOGENIC**
Related to the scientific study of very low temperatures and how to produce them
Related to the freezing of dead human bodies at low temps with the hope of bringing them back to life in the future
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**OMINOUS**
suggesting that something unpleasant is likely to happen
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**SMUG**
too pleased or satisfied about something you have achieved or something you know, overpride
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**CURT**
Rudely brief
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**CUT THROAT**
(competition) fierce, intense, ruthless measure use
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**DAMNEDEST**
Used to emphasize the surprising nature of sth
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**DEBILITATING**
Making someone or sth physically weak
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**DECEPTIVE**
Making you believe sth that is not true
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**DEMEANING**
Insulting
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**DELECTABLE**
Looking of tasting extremely good, giving great pleasure
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**DELIRIOUS**
Acutely disturbed state of mind from illness / intoxication characterized by restlessness, illusions and incoherence of thought and speech
State of wild excitement or ecstasy
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**DEMENTED**
Unable to think or act clearly because you’re extremely worried, angry or excited about something
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**DESOLATE**
A desolate place is empty and not attractive, with no people or nothing pleasant in it
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**DERIVATIVE**
If sth is derivative, it's not the result of new ideas, but has been developed from a copies or sth else
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**DE'ROGATORY**
Showing a critical or disrespectful attitude
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**DIMPLING**
dimple like effect
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**DILAPIDATED**
Old and in poor condition
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**DICEY**
Unpredictable / potentially dangerous
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**DERISIVE**
Contemptuous ridicule or scorn
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**DIRE**
Serious or extreme
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**DISCERNABLE**
Able to be perceived by a sense or mind
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**DISCREET**
Careful not to cause embarrassment or attract too much attention, esp by keeping sth secret
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**DISGRUNTLE**
Angry or dissatisfied
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**DIMINUTIVE**
Very small
Express that the fact that sth is small, often either to show affection or to suggest that sth or someone is not important
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**DRAB**
Boring, esp in appearance, having little color and excitement
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**DISSONANT**
Sounding strange or unpleasant (sounds/musical notes)
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**DOOZY**
Sth outstanding / unique of its kind
Extraordinary in positive sense, but troublesome, problematic
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**DOG-EARED**
Pages turned down at the corners due to excessive use
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**DOGGED**
Having or showing tenacity and grim persistence
Dogged determination
Obstinate and tenacious as a dog who smells a bone
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**DOGMATIC**
Inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true
If you are dogmatic, you are certain that you are right and that everyone else is wrong.
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**DOWNRIGHT**
Actually/ completely (sth bad)
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**DUALISTIC**
Divided conceptually into 2 opposed, contrasted aspects
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**ECCENTRIC**
Strange or unusual, sometimes in a humorous way
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**PERILOUS**
extremely dangerous
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**ELATED AT / BY**
extremely happy and excited, often because something has happened or been achieved
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**ELUSIVE**
Difficult to describe, find, achieve, remember
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**ENDEARING**
Making someone like you
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**ENIGMATIC**
Mysterious and impossible to understand completely
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**ERSATZ**
Used instead of sth else, usually bc the other thing is too expensive or rare
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**EXCRUCIATING**
Intensely painful
Mentally agonizing / very embarrassing, awkward, tedious
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**FACILE**
Facile remark or theory is too simple an has not been thought about enough
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**FAMISHED**
Extremely hungry
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**FAR-FETCHED**
Very unlikely to be true and difficult to believe
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**FETCHING**
Attractive
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**FAIL-SAFE**
It has been designed so that if one part of it does not work, the whole thing does not become dangerous
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**FLAKY**
Behaving in a way that is strange, not responsible or not expected
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**FLATULENT**
Having gas in the stomach and bowels
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**FLIGHTY**
(woman) not responsible, likely to change jobs, bfs, activities
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**FLUMMOXED**
Bewildered or perplexed
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**FORTHRIGHT**
Too honest or direct in behaviour or speech
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**ACRI'MONIOUS**
(typically of speech or a debate) angry and bitter
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**FREAKISH**
Bizarre, abnormal
Unpredictable, capricious
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**FRISKY**
Playful and full of energy
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**FRIVOLOUS**
Behave in a silly way and not taking anything seriously
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**FRUGAL**
Simple, plain, costing little
Sparing / economical regarding money / food
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**FUGITITIVE**
(adj) feelings that last only for a short time
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**IMMENSE**
extremely large or great, especially in scale or degree
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**FUTILE**
Having no effect or achieve nothing, pointless
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**EARFUL**
Loud blast of sound
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**EERIE**
Strange / frightening
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**EXPLICIT**
Clear and exact
Showing and talking about sex or violence in a very detailed way
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**GAR'GANTUAN**
Enormous
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**GAUCHE**
Awkward and uncomfortable with other people, esp bc young and without experience
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**GERIATRIC**
For or relating to old people (<> pediatric)
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**GINORMOUS**
Enormous
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**GET TIGHT**
Intoxicated, drunk or acting like being drunk
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**GLANDULAR**
Belonging or relating to, or produced or caused by glands
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**GLIB**
Speaking or spoken in a confident way, without careful thought of honesty
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**GLOATING**
Feeling or expressing great pleasure or satisfaction bc of your own success or good luck, or someone else's failure or bad luck
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**WILD GOOSE CHASE**
A complicated or lengthy and usually fruitless pursuit or search
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**RAPACIOUS**
having or showing a strong wish to take things for yourself, usually using unfair methods or force
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**GRANDIOSE**
Excessively grand or ambitious
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**GRATIFYING**
Giving pleasure or satisfaction
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**GREGARIOUS**
Fond of company, sociable
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**TREACHEROUS**
If the ground or sea is treacherous, it is extremely dangerous, especially because of bad weather conditions
A person who deceives someone who trusts them, or has no loyalty
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**GROTESQUE**
Strange and unpleasant, esp in a silly or slightly frightening way
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**MELLOW**
smooth and soft, or not too sharp, bright, new, or rough
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**GUILLOTINED**
Executed, beheaded
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**GUTTED**
Extremely disappointed
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**HACKNEYED**
Phrase or idea has been said or used so often that it has become boring and has no meaning
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**HASTY**
Hasty actions are done in a hurry, sometimes without the necessary care or thought
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**HEINOUS**
Utterly odious or wicked (wrongful act, crime)
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**HE'REDITARY**
Passing from a parent to a child through genes
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**HORRID**
Unpleasant or unkind
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**HUMANISTIC**
Relating to humanism (=the idea that people do not need a god or religion to satisfy their spiritual and emotional needs)
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**HYPERBOLIC**
A way of speaking or writing that makes someone or sth sound bigger, better, more, etc than they are
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**HUMONGOUS**
Huge, enormous
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**ILLICIT**
Forbidden by law, rules or custom
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**IDIOSYNCRATIC**
Having strange or unusual habits, ways of beahving
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**IMMINENT**
Coming or likely to happen very soon
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**IMPASSIONED**
Filled with or show great emotion
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**IMPECCABLE**
Perfect, with no problems or bad parts
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**IMPERVIOUS**
Not allowing fluid to pass thru
An unaffected person
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**IMPECCABLE**
Perfect, with no problems or bad parts
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**IMPROMPTU**
Without being planned
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**INAUGURAL**
The first in a series of planned eventts
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**INCAPACIPATED**
To make someone unable to work or do things normally, unable to do what they intended to do
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**INCESSANT**
Non-stop, in an unpleasant and annoying way
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**INCONTINENT**
Unable to control the excretion of urine or the contents of the bowels
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**INCUMBENT**
(of an official or regime) currently holding office
Necessary for someone as a duty or responsibility
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**INDECIPHERABLE**
Unable to be read or understood
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**INDIGENT**
Very poor, needy
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**INEBRIATED**
Having drunk too much alcohol
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**INEPT**
Not skilled or effective
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**INFURIATING**
Making one extremely angry and impatent
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**HAPHAZARD**
Lacking any obvious order or plan
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**HAREBRAINED**
Foolish, not practical (of plans or people)
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**INSIPID**
Lacking interest, not having strong taste or character
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**INQUISITIVE**
Curious or inquiring, sometimes in a way that annoys people
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**INSATIABLE**
(desire) Impossible to satisfy
(Person) having insatiable appetite / desire for sth, esp. sex
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**INSTRUMENTAL**
Serving as a means of pursuing an aim or policy
If someone / sth is instrumental in a process, plan, system, that person or thing is one of the most important influences in causing it to happen
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**ITERANT**
Marked by reputation
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**INTRAMURAL**
Happening within or involving the members of one school, college or university
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**JARRED AT**
Having a harshly unpleasant or disturbing effect on one's nerves, feelings and thoughts
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**JAUNTY**
Lively, cheerful, self-confident manner
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**KIASU**
Afraid to be losing out
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**LANGUISHING**
Failing to make progress or be successful
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**LATENT**
Present but needing particular conditions to become active, obvious, or completely developed
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**FLATULENT**
having gas in the stomach and bowels
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**BLUBBERING**
to cry in a noisy way like a child
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**LECHEROUS**
Having or show excessive or offensive sexual desire
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**LENIENT**
Not as severe or strong in punishment or judgement as would be expected
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**LEERY OF**
Cautious or wary due to realistic suspicions
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**INFLATABLE**
a boat or something similar that must be filled with air in order to float on the water
able to be inflated
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**LEWD**
Crude, offensive in a sexual way
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**LIBELOUS**
A piece of writing that is libelous contains bad and false statements about a person
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**KNACKERED**
exhausted
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**LOPSIDED**
With one side lower or smaller than the other
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**LOQUACIOUS**
Tending to talk a great deal, talkative
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**LOW PROFILE**
Avoiding attention or publicity
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**LUCID**
Expressed clearly and easy to understand, or thinking or speaking clearly
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**LUDICROUS**
Stupid or unreasonable and deserving to be laughed at
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**LUMPY**
soggy
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**MASJUCULE**
Capital (letters)
Large character used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names
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**MALLEABLE**
(metal) able to be hammered or pressed permanently out of shape without breaking or crackling
Easily influenced, trained, controlled
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**MANGLED**
Destroyed by being twisted with force or torn into pieces so that the original form is completely changed
Spoiled by having many mistakes in it
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**MELLOW**
Softened / matured by age / experience
Pleasantly smooth /soft, harshness-free
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**MENIAL**
Not requiring much skill and lacking prestige
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**-MONGERING**
The act of encouraging a particular activity, esp one that cause trouble
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**MEAGER**
(of amounts/numbers) very small or not enough
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**MUNDANE**
Ordinary and dull
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**INCESTUOUS**
involving incest
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**NAVEL GAZING**
Self-indulgent or excessive contemplation of oneself or a single issue, at the expense of a wider view
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**NEGATORY**
Negative (formal, radio comm / military uses of negative)
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**NEGLIGIBLE**
So small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention
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**NEURO-AFFIRMING**
providing support that embraces and respects the incredible diversity of neurotypes, or types of brains
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**NIFTY**
Particularly good, skillful or effective
Fashionable
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**NIPPY**
Quite cold
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**NITROUS**
Containing nitrogen, Nitro III
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**OBLITERATE**
To remove all signs of sth, either by destroying it or by covering it so that it cannot be seen
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**OBSCENE**
Offensive, rude, shocking, usually bc of being too obviously related to sex or showing sex
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**OBTUSE**
(of an angle) more than 90 and less than 180
Stupid and show to understand, unwilling to try to understand
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**ODIOUS**
Arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance
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**OMNIBUS**
Containing many items
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**OMINOUS**
Giving the impression that sth bad or unpleasant is going to happen
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**ONEROUS**
Difficult to do or needing a lot of effort
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**OPPRESSED**
Subject to harsh / authoritarian treatment
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**ORNERY**
likely to get angry and argue with people
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**OTHERWORLDLY**
Relating to an imaginary or spiritual world
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**MALICIOUS**
having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone
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**PARAPLEGIC**
Unable to move or feel the legs
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**PAROCHIAL**
Relating to a parish (=an area that has its own church or priest)
Showing interest only in a narrow range of matters, esp those that directly affect yourself, your town, your country
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**PENSIVE**
Engaged in, involving, reflecting deep serious thought
Pensive mood
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**PER'CEPTIVE**
Very good at noticing and understanding things that many people do not notice
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**PERKY**
Cheerful and lively
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**PERTRIFIED**
So frightened that one is unable to move, terrified
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**PLASTERED**
extremely drunk
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**PLATONIC**
Intimate / affectionate but not sexual
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**PLUMP**
Having a pleasantly soft, rounded body or shape
Shake & push sth to make it round and soft - plump cushions
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**POIGNANT**
Evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret
Sharp or pungent taste or smell
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**POSH**
Elegant or stylishly luxurious
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**'POSTHUMOUS**
Happening after person's death
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**PRIMO**
Excellent, of best type or quality
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**PREMA'TURE**
Too early
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**PRETENTIOUS**
Trying to appear or sound more important or clever than you are, in matters of art and literature
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**PRENATAL**
Before birth
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**PRE'NUPTIAL**
Existing or occurring before marriage
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**'PRESCIENT**
Knowing or suggesting correctly what will happen in the future
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**PREROGATIVE**
Something that certain people are able or allowed to do or have, but not possible or allowed for everyone
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**PRICKLY**
Irritable , loses their temper or gets upset easily
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**PRO BONO**
For the public good
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**PRO'FANE**
Showing no respect for a god or a religion, often through language
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**PROMISCUOUS**
Having lots of different sexual partners or relationships
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**PRO'PITIOUS**
Likely to result in success, or showing signs of success
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**PRO'PULSIVE**
Having the quality of driving or pushing forward
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**PRUDENT**
Careful and avoiding risks, care and thought for the future
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**PRUNY**
Shrinky fingertips after soaking in water for too long
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**PUBESCENT**
In the period of puberty
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**PUCKERING**
Tightly gather or contract - wrinkles / small folds
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**PUGI'LISTIC**
wanting to fight or to hit someone
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**QUAINT**
Attractively unusual or old-fashioned
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**QUELLED**
To stop sth, esp by using force
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**QUEASY**
Nauseated, feeling sick
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**QUIZZICAL**
Mild or amused puzzlement
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**RADICAL**
Believe or express the belief that there should be great or extreme social and political change
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**RAGGEDY**
| = shabby
Scruffly, shabby, dirty and messy
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**RAMBUNCTIOUS**
| = boisterous, rowdy
Behavior that is difficult to control of handle, turbulently active and noisy
323
**RAPT**
Completely fascinated by what one is seeing or hearing, with full engagement
324
**RANCID**
Smelling or tasting unpleasant as a result of being old and stale
325
**RANDY**
Feeling lots of sexual desire
326
**RE'MISS**
Careless and not doing a duty well enough
327
**JADED**
Not having interest or losing interest because you have experienced something too many times
328
**REMNANT**
Remaining
329
**REACTIONARY**
opposed to political or social change or new ideas
330
**RECEPTIVE TO**
Willing to listen to and accept new ideas and suggestions
331
**TANGENT**
a straight line that touches but does not cut into a curve
332
**RESOLUTE**
Admirably purposeful, determined, unwavering, firmly resolved
333
**REPELLENT**
Making you feel strong disapproval that you don't wanna be involved with sth or someone
334
**REPREHENSIBLE**
It’s extremely bad or unacceptable in terms of behaviour
335
**REPRESSED**
Having feelings that you don't express
336
**REPULSIVE**
Disgusting, horrible, arousing intense distaste or disgust
337
**RESOURCEFUL**
Ability to find quick, clever ways to overcome difficulties
338
**RESTRAINED**
Characterized by reserve / moderation, unemotional / dispassionate
Understated / subtle
339
**RIGGED**
To arrange dishonestly for the result of sth, for ex an election to be changed
340
**ROWDY**
Noisy & disorderly
341
**RUGGED**
Broken, rocky, uneven surface
Strongly made, capable of rough handling
Toughness and determination
342
**RUDIMENTARY**
Basic, not well developed (equipment, methods, systems)
343
**RULE BENDING**
To ignore rules, or change them to suit ones’ own convenient
344
**RUN-OF-THE-MILL**
Ordinary and not special or exciting in any way
345
**SALIENT**
Most noticeable or important
346
**SELF-IMPOSED**
Decide by yourself, without being influenced or ordered by others
347
**SELF-INFLICTED**
Pain, problem that's caused by yourself
348
**IN'FIRM**
Ill or needing care, especially for long periods and often because of old age
349
**STELLAR**
Outstanding, wonderful, better
Stellar people or activities are of an extremely high standard
Of a star or stars
350
**SEQUIN**
A small, shiny metal or plastic disc sewn onto clothes for decoration
351
**IN'HERENT**
| ɪnˈhɪr.ənt.li
in a way that exists as a natural or basic part of something
352
**SEN'SUAL**
| sen.'ʃu.əl
Expressing or suggesting physical, especially sexual, pleasure or satisfaction
353
**PRE'POSTEROUS**
| prɪˈpɑs·tər·əs
Completely unreasonable and ridiculous; not to be believed
Very silly or stupid
354
**VIN'DICTIVE**
Having or showing a desire to harm someone because you think that the person has harmed you; unwilling to forgive
355
**SENSATIONAL**
Very good, exciting, or unusual
356
**SYPHILLITIC**
Suffering from or caused by syphilis (sexual)
357
**SCORCHING**
Scorching hot
Harsh, severe
Fast (a scorching pace)
358
**SCOT-FREE**
Free of guilt, obligation and penalty
359
**SKITTISH**
(of a person) nervous or easily frightened
Not serious and likely to change their beliefs or opinions often
360
**SLINKY**
Made of delicate cloth and fitting the body closely in a way that is sexually attractive
361
**SOLEMN**
Serious or without any humor
362
**SOLVENT**
Having enough money to pay all the money that is owed to other people
363
**SEDATE**
Calm, dignified, unhurried
Quiet, dull
(v) sedated - given drug to calm or make someone sleep
364
**SLUGGISH**
Slo-moving or inactive
365
**SNOOT-NOSED**
Childish, inexperienced
Considering oneself superior, conceited (snot-nosed snob)
366
**SOLIPSISTIC**
Self-centered, selfish
(Phil) the self is all that can be known to exist
367
**SNARKY**
Criticizing someone in an annoyed way and trying to hurt their feelings
368
**SNATCHED**
Amazingly good, attractive
369
**SNAZZY**
Stylish and attractive
370
**SOLEMN**
Formal and dignified
Not cheerful or smiling, serious
Having or showing serious purpose and determination
371
**SOMBER**
Dark and dull in color or tone, gloomy
372
**SQUISHY**
Soft and moist
373
**STERICAL**
Relates to the position of atoms within a molecule
374
**STERILE**
(of a living being) unable to produce young, or (of land) unable to produce plants or crops
375
**STAGNANT**
(air or water) Not flowing or moving, smelling unpleasant
Not growing or developing
376
377
**STORM-TOSSED**
Exposed to / characterized by strong winds and rain
378
379
**STRESS INDUCING**
Caused by stress or mental fatigue
380
**STREETWISE**
Able to deal with dangerous situations in towns where lots of crime
381
**STRIDENT**
A strident sound is loud, unpleasant and rough
Express in forceful language that does not try to avoid upsetting people
382
**STRUNG OUT**
Very tired and worried
383
**STUBBY**
Short and thick
384
**SUAVE**
Charming, confident, elegant (man)
385
**SUBLIME**
Excellent, grandeur - aspire the awe of sth
386
**SUB'LIMINAL**
| ˌsə.ˈblɪm.ən.əl
Not recognized or understood by the conscious mind, but still having an influence on it
**Subliminal advertising **tries to influence people without them being aware of it, for example by showing messages for such a short time that people read them without realizing that they have done so
387
**WHO-DUN-IT**
A story about a crime and the attempt to discover who committed it
388
**SWANKY**
Very expensive and fashionable, in a way that is intended to attract people's attention and admiration
389
**TWO-TIMING**
To deceive someone you are having a relationship with by having a secret sexual relationship with someone else at the same time
390
**WANKY**
a rude word meaning very stupid or very poor quality
391
**SU-PER-'FI-CIAL**
| ˌsuː.pɚˈfɪʃ.əl
Appearing to be real or important when it's not true
Not complete and involving only the most obvious thing
392
**'MI-LI-TANT**
active, determined, and often willing to use force
393
**TACKY**
| SHABBY
Of cheap quality or in bad style
394
**'TE-DI-OUS**
| ˈtid·i·əs
Too long, slow, dull, tiresome or monotonous, boring
395
**TE-LE-KI-'NE-TIC**
| ˌtel.ɪ.kɪˈnet̬.ɪk
Having an ability to move objects, or to make them change shape, using only the power of the mind
396
**TEM-PE-RA-'MEN-TAL**
| ˌtemp(ə)rəˈmen(t)l
Someone whose mood often changes very suddenly
397
**'TEM-PO-RAL**
| ˈtem.pɚ.əl
Relating to practical matters or physical things, rather than spiritual ones
Relating to time
398
**TE-'NA-CIOUS**
| təˈneɪ.ʃəs
Firm grip; determined; persistent
399
400
**'TA-CI-TURN**
| ˈtæs.ə.tɝːn
Tending not to speak much
401
**TAUT**
Not slack, well stretched
402
**'SAC-CHA-RINE**
too sweet or too polite
too pleasant or charming, with too much feeling to be believed
403
**'VEN-TURE-SOME**
Used to describe a person who is willing to take risks, or an action or behaviour that involves risks
404
**'TAF-FY**
Insincere flattery
405
**TRAIL-'BLA-ZING**
Introduce new ideas or methods, innovative or pioneering
406
**TRA-JEC-TO-RY**
The curved path that an object follows after it has been thrown or shot into the air
407
**IN-'CAR-CE-RA-TED**
| ɪnˈkɑːr.sə.reɪt
To put or keep someone in prison or in a place used as a prison
408
**SMART-ASS**
Irritatingly clever or smug
409
**JADED**
Not having interest or losing interest because you have experienced something too many times
Lacking interest or desire because of experiencing too much of something
410
**IN-'SI-DI-OUS**
(of something unpleasant or dangerous) gradually and secretly causing harm
411
**EN-'TRENCHED**
| ɪnˈtrentʃt
Entrenched ideas are so fixed or have existed for so long that they cannot be changed
Established firmly so that it cannot be changed
412
**'TRAN-SI-ENT**
Lasting only for a short time, impermanent
413
**TU-'MUL-TU-OUS**
Making a loud, confused noise, uproarious
Tumultuous life - involves many exciting confusing events or feelings
414
**TURNED WINE**
Turned bad
415
**UNCOUTH**
Behaving in a rude, unpleasant way
416
**U-NI-LA-'TE-RAL**
Performed by or affecting only 1 person, group, country involved in a particular situation, without the agreement of the others
417
**UN-JABBED**
Not vaxed
418
**UN-'JUST**
Not fair
419
**UN-'FLAP-PA-BLE**
Not likely to get worried, nervous, or angry even in difficult situations
420
**UN-IN-'HI-BI-TED**
| ˌʌn.ɪnˈhəb.ə.t̬ɪd
Free and natural, without embarrassment or too much control
421
**UN-'OR-THO-DOX**
| ʌnˈɔːr.θə.dɑːks
Not conforming rules, traditions, modes of conduct, as a doctrine, religion or philosophy
422
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**UN-'PA-LA-TA-BLE**
Not pleasant to taste
Difficult to tolerate or accept
= obnoxious behaviour (of a person)
423
**'UT-TER**
Complete or extreme
424
**UN-'WA-VER-ING**
| ʌnˈweɪ.vər.ɪŋ
Never moving or looking away from something
Steady or resolute
425
**UP-'ROA-RI-OUS**
| ʌpˈrɔːr.i.əs
= thunderous, ear-shattering, ear-splitting
426
**VER-'BA-TIM**
| vɝːˈbeɪ.t̬əm
In a way that uses exactly the same words as were originally used
427
**VE-'RI-TA-BLE**
Used to describe something as another, more exciting, interesting, or unusual thing, as a way of emphasizing its character
428
**VEXED**
Annoyed, frustrated, worried
(problem/issue) difficult, much debated, problematic
429
**'VI-CI-OUS**
Deliberately cruel or violent
430
**'VI-GI-LANT**
| ˈvɪdʒ.əl.ənt
Keeping careful watch for possible danger or difficult
431
**VO-'RA-CIOUS**
| vəˈreɪ.ʃəs
Very eager for sth, esp lots of food
Needing a lot of sth to be satisfied
432
**WELL-TENDED**
Carefully looked after
433
**PRE-'SUMP-TUOUS**
| prɪˈzʌmp.tʃuː.əs
A person who is presumptuous shows little respect for others by doing things they have no right to do
434
**'WI-THER-ING**
Intended to make someone feel mortified
435
**WONKY**
Weak, unsatisfactory, not firm
436
**'WORK-A-DAY**
| ˈwɝː.kə.deɪ
Ordinary
437
**WORLD-WEARY**
Hate the world
438
**'WISTFUL**
Sad and thinking about something that is impossible or in the past
439
**HALF-MAST**
The position of a flag that is halfway down the pole, usually as an expression of sadness at a death or sad public event
440
**'STRIN-GENT**
| ˈstrɪn.dʒənt
Having a very severe effect, or being extremely limiting
441
**DE-'BAU-CHE-ROUS**
An out-of-control party
442
**RASPY**
A raspy voice sounds unpleasantly rough
443
**DE-'SEN-SI-TIZED**
To cause someone to experience something, usually an emotion or a pain, less strongly than before
444
**DE-'RANGED**
| dɪˈreɪndʒd
Completely unable to think clearly or behave in a controlled way, especially because of mental illness
445
**'JAUN-DICED**
| ˈdʒɑːn.dɪst
judging everything as bad because bad things have happened to you in the past
446
**BI-'O-NIC**
| baɪˈɑː.nɪk
Using artificial materials and methods to produce activity or movement in a person or animal
447
**A-'BYS-MAL**
| əˈbɪz.məl
very bad
very deep
448
**IN-'EX-O-RA-BLE**
| ˌɪnˈek.sər.ə.bəl
Continuing without any possibility of being stopped
449
**PSY-CHE-'DE-LIC**
| ˌsaɪ.kəˈdel.ɪk
(Of a drug) causing effects on the mind, such as feelings of deep understanding or unusually strong experiences of colour, sound, taste, and touch
450
**SNARKY**
Criticizing someone in an annoyed way and trying to hurt their feelings
451
**IN-'SA-TI-A-BLE**
| ɪnˈseɪ.ʃə.bəl
(especially of a desire or need) too great to be satisfied
452
**COM-'PELLED**
| kəmˈpeld
Having to do something, because you are forced to or feel it is necessary
453
**PE-'DAN-TIC**
Giving too much attention to formal rules or small details
454
**'FI-NIC-KY**
| ˈfɪn.ɪ.ki
Difficult to please
Needing a lot of attention to detail
455
**FE-'RO-CIOUS**
| fəˈroʊ.ʃəs
Frightening and violent
456
**ENTHRALLED BY**
Filled with wonder and delight
457
**EN-'THRAL-LING**
| ɪnˈθrɑː.lɪŋ
Keeping someone's interest and attention completely
458
**'DWIN-DLING**
| ˈdwɪn.dəl.ɪŋ
Gradually becoming smaller in size or amount, or fewer in number
459
**OS-TEN-'TA-TIOUS**
| ˌɑː.stənˈteɪ.ʃəs
Too obviously showing your money, possessions, or power, in an attempt to make other people notice and admire you
460
**MY-'O-PIC**
Unable to understand a situation or the way actions will affect it in the future
Unable to see clearly things that are far away
461
**PRE-'POS-TO-ROUS**
| prɪˈpɑː.stɚ.əs
Very silly or stupid
462
**'PRE-SCIENT**
| ˈpreʃ.ənt
Knowing or suggesting correctly what will happen in the future
463
**VAIN**
Unsuccessful; of no value
Too interested in your own appearance or achievements
464
**SUB-'SER-VI-ENT**
| səbˈsɝː.vi.ənt
Willing to do what other people want, or considering your wishes as less important than those of other people
465
**PRE-'CA-RI-OUS**
| prɪˈker.i.əs
In a dangerous state because of not being safe or not being held in place firmly
466
**'STEL-LAR**
Of a star or stars
Stellar people or activities are of an extremely high standard
467
**'NON-DE-SCRIPT**
| ˈnɑːn.dɪ.skrɪpt
Very ordinary, or having no interesting or exciting features or qualities
468
**DIS-'COR-DANT**
Producing an unpleasant sound
469
**VIR-TU-'O-SIC**
The quality of being extremely skilled at something
470
**HALF-COCKED**
| ˌhɑːfˈkɒkt
To fail because of not being well planned or because of starting too soon
471
**PROFUSE**
| prəˈfjuːs
Produced or given in large amounts
472
**'SCRAP-PY**
Badly organized or put together
Untidy and not very attractive or well developed
473
**MIND BOGGLING**
In a way that is extremely surprising and difficult to understand or imagine
474
**IN-TRA-'VE-NOUS**
| ˌɪn.trəˈviː.nəs
Into or connected to a vein
475
**WELL-VERSED**
Knowing a lot about something
476
**BE-'DAZ-ZLED**
To impress someone very much, because of being very intelligent, beautiful, etc.
477
**PIECEMEAL**
Not done according to a plan but done at different times in different ways
478
**'I-RON-CLAD**
| ˈaɪrn.klæd
Very certain and unlikely to be changed
479
**IN-'DU-BI-TA-BLE**
| ɪnˈduː.bɪ.t̬ə.bəl
That cannot be doubted
480
**'SUB-PAR**
| ˈsʌb.pɑːr
Worse than the usual or expected standard
481
**'ME-NI-AL**
| ˈmi·ni·əl
Needing little skill or education
482
**HE-TE-RO-'NOR-MA-TIVE**
Denoting or relating to a world view that promotes heterosexuality as the normal or preferred sexual orientation
483
**'TACT-FUL**
Careful not to say or do anything that could upset someone
484
**BICKERING**
Often arguing about things that are not important
485
**'DO-CILE**
| ˈdɑː.səl
Quiet and easy to influence, persuade, or control
486
**TAME**
boring, dull, uninteresting
domesticated
487
**TRITE**
Expressed too often to be interesting or seem sincere
Done or expressed too often to be of any interest
488
**'ZEA-LOUS**
| ˈzel.əs
enthusiastic and eager
489
**DE-'LEC-TA-BLE**
| dəˈlektəb(ə)l
(Of food or drink) delicious
Extremely beautiful or attractive (humourously)
490
**'VA-PID**
Showing no intelligence or imagination
491
**O-VER-REACH-ING**
Fail by trying to achieve, spend, or do more than you can manage
492
**SNIPPY**
Slightly rude and impatient, and using only a few words
493
**E-'VO-CA-TIVE**
make you recall or imagine sth pleasant
bring strong images and feelings to mind
494
**MURKY**
dark and dirty or difficult to see through
495
**'CRINK-LING**
covered in small lines and folds
crinkling closed eyes
crinkled up nose
496
**UNKEMPT**
not combed, sloppy appearance
497
**INANIMATE**
Lacking the qualities or features of living beings, a soulless object
498
**JARRING**
A jarring sight, sound, or experience is so different or unexpected that it has a strong and unpleasant effect on something or someone
499
**E-VA-'NES-CENT**
Soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing
500
**'IM-MI-NENT**
Coming or likely to happen very soon
501
**INCISING**
Mark or decorate (an object or surface) with a cut or a series of cuts
502
**MANIFOLD**
| ˈmæn.ə.foʊld
many and of several different types
503
**EXUBERANT**
Energetic, buoyant
504
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**MUTILATED**
To get damaged severely, esp by violently removing a part
505
**DAUNTING**
making you feel slightly frightened or worried about about your ability to achieve sth
506
**GRA-'TU-I-TOUS**
| ɡrəˈtuː.ə.t̬əs
not necessary, with no cause (sth bad)
507
**'FE-CUND**
able to produce lots of crops, fruits, young animals, etc
508
**HEDONISTIC**
Living and behaving in ways that mean you have as much pleasure as possible, according to the belief that the most important thing in life is to enjoy yourself
509
**GLUM**
Being depressed, bummed out, or down in the dumps
510
**ALLEGORICAL**
Containing a moral or hidden meaning
511
**CARTHATIC**
Involving the release of strong emotions through a particular activity or experience
512
**MAWKISH**
Lacking flavor or having an unpleasant taste
513
**ALLEGORICAL**
Containing a moral or hidden meaning
514
**FASTIDIOUS**
Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail
515
**DERISIVE**
ridicule or scorn
516
**CONTEMPTUOUS**
Manifesting, feeling, or expressing deep hatred or disapproval
517
**VINDICTIVE**
Having or showing a wish to harm someone because you think that they harmed you; unwilling to forgive
518
**MANIFOLD**
many or several different types
519
**GRITTY**
Showing the unpleasant or difficult features of something as they really are
520
**'VER-DANT**
Covered with healthy green plants or grass
521
**DE-'FI-ANT**
Proudly refusing to obey authority
Not willing to accept criticism or disapproval
522
**PER-'NI-CIOUS**
Highly injurious or destructive
523
**WALLET-BURSTING**
Something happened that cost you a lot of money
524
**SPURIOUS**
False and not what it appears to be, or (of reasons and judgments) based on something that has not been correctly understood and therefore false
525
**CULPABLE**
deserve to be blamed
526
**LA'SCI-VI-OUS**
| ləˈsɪv.i.əs
express strong desire for sexual activities
527
**POISE**
A quality of grace, or calm confidence in a person
528
**GHOULISH**
Ugly, unpleasant, frightening
connected with death and unpleasant things
529
**AWRY**
not in the intended way
in the wrong position
530
**FRIGID**
Extremely cold
unfriendly and very formal
531
**SLEAZY**
dirty, cheap, not socially acceptable, morally degraded
532
**BLOTCHY**
skin condition, spotty marks and those are in irregular shapes
533
**SPLOTCHY**
marked with spots
534
**DOCILE**
easy to influence, control, persuade
535
**CUMBERSOME**
hard to handle or manage bc of size and weight
536
**OBSCENE**
offensive, rude, shocking, bc of being too related to sex
537
**'IM-PISH**
Showing child's pleasure in enjoying yourself and making trouble
Playful but can be annoying behaviors
538
**LIMP-DICKED**
can't get or keep errection
539
**SMIRKY**
Smile in a way that express satisfaction or pleasure about having done sth
540
**ENGORGED**
Swollen
541
**WOOZY**
slightly dizzy, nauseous
542
**BE CONSTRAINT TO**
Be forced to do sth
543
**GNAWING**
continuously uncomfortable, painful or worrying=
544
**GLIB**
Speaking or spoken in a confident way, but without careful thought or honesty
545
**FOLLY**
Foolish behavior
Lack of good sense or judgment
546
**AMENABLE**
Showing willingness to agree or to accept
547
**BRISK**
Quick, energetic, and active
548
**QUIPPY**
a humorous and clever remark
549
**'DE-CA-DENT**
| ˈdek.ə.dənt
a person or group who has low moral standards
550
**SCALY**
scaly skin, it has small, hard, dry areas that fall off in small pieces
551
**SOMBER**
serious, sad, without humor or entertainment
552
**CHORNEY**
Slavic, Russian - black
553
**RIVETING**
extremely interesting and exciting
554
**NIPPY**
chilly
555
**A-'TO-NAL**
sounds dull, emotionaless
556
**STINGY**
Unwilling to spend money
Small in amount and less than is needed or expected
557
**JABBY**
sth pointed and sharp
558
**GRIMY**
dirty
| dirty
559
**RIGGED**
Manipulated or controlled by deceptive or dishonest means
Things that get pre-organized with a premade plots
560
**MAGNANIMOUS**
having/showing a noble and courageous spirit
561
**PRIMO**
High quality
562
**ARTISANAL**
Hand-crafted
563
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**SCIENCE-BACKED**
science-proofed
564
**FI-'DU-CI-A-RY**
| fɪˈduː.ʃi.er.i
Relating to the responsibility to take care of someone else's money in a suitable way
565
**DEPLORABLE**
very bad
566
**TACKY**
of cheap quality or in bad style
567
**UNRELENTING**
Extremely determined
568
**HEAVENSTRUCK**
too delighted
569
**HAPLESS**
unfortunate
570
**MOTILE**
moving, able to move
571
**'BUL-BOUS**
Resembling a bulb especially in roundness or the gross enlargement of a part
572
**VIRILE**
| ˈvɪr.əl
aving strength, energy, and a strong sex drive
573
**PEACHY**
Really good
574
**TEPID**
Not very warm
Little enthusiastic
575
**HALF-MAST**
the position of someone's trousers have partly fallen down to around and below the hips
576
**CONTINGENT**
dependent on or conditioned by sth else
577
**POST-HASTE**
as fast as possible
578
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**LABORIOUS**
| ləˈbɔːr.i.əs
needs lots of time and effort
579
**DANDY**
very good, hysterically, when sth is not good or not happy about it
580
**BAWLING**
cry out loudly and unrestrainedly
581
**PER-'PE-TUAL**
continue in the same way forever
582
**LAVISH**
generous and extravaggant
583
**DE-BO-'NAIR**
attractive, cleverly dressed
584
**BE-'NE-VO-LENT**
kind and helpful
585
**INDUSTRIOUS**
dilligent, hard-working
586
**'AR-DU-OUS**
| ˈɑːr.dʒu.əs
difficult to achieve
587
**MO-'NO-TO-NOUS**
boring, repetitive
588
**'CAN-DID**
Honest, telling the truth
589
**PRE-'PO-STE-ROUS**
| prɪˈpɑː.stɚ.əs
Silly, stupid, absurd
590
**TANTALIZING**
arouse or stimulate desire and interest
591
**'GLUT-TO-NOUS**
eating, drinking, consuming more than what you need
592
**TRANS-'CEN-DENT**
greater, better, more important, way beyond the above
593
**VINDICATING / VINDICATED**
prove something true although everyone thinks it wrong
594
**TARDY**
late, slow in happening, arriving
595
**BOGUS**
Fake, ingenuine
596
**VENGEFUL**
express a strong wish to hurt someone violently
597
**SUB-'VER-SIVE**
trying to destroy or damage sth, esp political establishments
598
**MALIGNANT**
harmful growth of cancer
having strong wish to do harm
599
**ECSTATIC**
extremely happy
600
**FOREBODING**
Implying sth bad will happen
601
**A-'GHAST**
filled with strong feelings, shock and worry
602
**PUNITIVE**
| ADJ
intended as a punishment
describe costs that are so high to afford
603
**'FLEDG-LING**
new and without experience
604
**FRAIL**
physically weak, damaged, broken
605
**PERVASIVE**
present, noticeable in every part
606
**MA-'LE-VO-LENT**
act of vicious & ill will
607
**PER-'VERSE**
Strange, not what people expect, opposite with what's expected
608
**EMACIATED**
Weak and thin, from hunger or illness
609
**FOOTLOOSE**
having no ties, free to move about
610
611
**REPUDIATION**
The act of refusing sth to accept sth or someone is true and reasonable
612
**ASTRONOMICAL**
extremely large
613
**VILE**
Disgusting or utterly bad
614
**ZEALOUS**
Enthusiastic and eager
615
**DISGRUNTLED**
unhappy and unannoyed and disappointed about sth
616
Having suffered someone ending a romantic relationship unkindly and suddenly
617
**CAPRICIOUS**
suddenly, unexpected
618
**SKEEZY**
Used to describe a man being strange and unpleasant
619
**DECADENT**
low moral standards and behaviours
620
**SEVERED**
cut, sliced off, ended, broken off
621
**LAIRY**
behave in loud, excited manner, esp when enjoying alcohol
622
**SMARMY**
extremely politely or helpful or showing a lot of respect in an annoying way or not sincere
623
**LITIGIOUS**
Arguments are taken to court too often for decision, to win money for a lawsuit
624
**HISTRIONIC**
very emotional and energetic, but not sincere or without real meaning
625
**DEAFENING**
extremely loud
626
**COLLATERAL**
connected but less important, same family but not directly related
627
**UNRULY**
People who are hard to control and don't follow the rules
628
**BELLIGERENT**
Wishing to fight or argue
A country or group who flights to war
629
**BALEFUL**
threatening, intimidating
having a harmful and destructive effect
630
**FUSSY**
picky, hard to please
631
**PROLIFIC**
Produce a great amount of sth
632
**PROLIFEROUS**
create many offsprings
633
**FERTILE**
be able to produce lots of offsprings
fertile land, fertile animals
634
**FASTIDIOUS (ABOUT)**
meticulous, paying attention to very small details and always want to perfect everything
635
**BOGUS**
false, not real, not legal
636
**INFANTILE**
childish, in a way that's nont suitable for an adult
637
**EX-PE-'DI-TIOUS**
speedy and efficient
638
**TIGHTLY WOUND**
tense, nervous
639
**LUCID**
clearly expressed, easy to understand
640
**LABILE**
| ˈleɪ.baɪl
often and easily change
641
**PSYCHEDELIC**
causing effects of mind, such as feelings deep understanding or unusual experience of colors, tastes, etc
642
**ZAPPED**
to get killed
643
**INCONSPICUOUS**
not easily or quickly noticed or seen, or not attracting attention
644
**ZONKED**
extremely tired from the effects of drugs
645
**GRUELING**
extremely tiring and difficult, needs great effort and determination
646
**PROVERBIAL**
commonly known
647
**GALVANIC**
very sudden or noticeable, or causing shock, action excitement
648
**BANDY-LEGGED**
bowlegged, having legs that curved out
649
**EGREGIOUS**
extremely bad
| flagrant, glaring
650
**PUNITIVE**
intended as a punishment
costs that are too high to pay
651
**UNENCUMBERED**
having no obligations or burden to carry
652
**CRUSTY**
a young person who doesn't live abiding societal norms
an old irritable and annoying person
653
**ROLLICKING**
exuberantly lively and amusing
654
**ESTRANGED from**
seperated married
you're seperated from family or friends due to arguments
655
**DEVOUT**
Extremely religious and follow all the religious rules strictly
656
**CRIPPLED**
damaged or malfunctioned
657
**INLAID**
having a decorative pattern put into a surface
658
**NAUTICAL**
relating to ship, sail, sailors
659
**EXUBERANT**
uninhibitedly enthusiastic
660
**EFFUSIVE**
express strong feelings of welcome and pleasure
661
**BODACIOUS**
bold, audacious, brazen
662
**BRAZEN**
obvious, nothing be hidden
663
**SHODDY**
Badly made, done with low quality material
664
**FLABBERGASTED**
greatly surprised, astonished
665
**RECUMBENT**
lying down, nearly lying down
666
# .
**ZESTY**
strong, pleasant, spicy
667
**ROLLICKING**
exuberantly lively and amusing
668
**STERLING**
excellent, valuable
669
**ADVERSARIAL**
involving people opposing and disagreeing each other
670
**HINKY**
nervous, worried
strange feeling making you feel wrong, dishonest and illegal
671
**MUNDANE**
uninteresting, ordinary
672
**TEPID**
not very warm of liquid
not very strong of action
673
**PHILANDERING**
have lots of sexual partners with no emotional attachment
673
**BESOTTED**
completely in love sith someone
674
**HORRENDOUS**
extremely unpleasant, horrifying, horrible
675
**ATROCIOUS**
very bad quality
676
**ASTROCIOUS**
egregious
677
# 1.
**DECADENT**
low moral standards
678
**DEPLOYABLE**
moveable
679
**HORRID**
unpleasant and unkind
680
**STINGY**
frugal, unwilling to spend money
small amount less than expected
681
**CRYPTIC**
mysterious and hard to understand
682
**PERFORMATIVE**
having the effect of performing an action
683
**PIPING HOT**
blistering, scorching
684
685
**DINGY**
dark and unattractive
686
**EPONYMOUS**
place name, etc comes from the name of a person
687
**GRIPPING**
interesting and existing that holds your attention completely
688
**OM-'NIS-CENT**
having or seeming to have unlimited knowledge
689
**VIRTUOUS**
good moral qualities, behaviour
690
**BOGUS**
unreal, existing only to trick people
691
**HARROWING**
extremely upsetting and connected with suffering
692
**COPIOUS**
in large amount, more than enough
693
**'LANGUOROUS**
mentally or physically tired and not active, but looks pleasant
694
**INTERSECTIONAL**
related to different types of discrimination connected and affect each other
695
**MIND BOGGLING**
extremely surprising and difficult to understand or imagine
696
**SECLUDED**
quiet, private, far away from people, roads or buildings
697
**FULL-FLEDGED**
completely developed or trained
698
**DOMINEERING**
trying to control other people without thinking bout their feelings
699
**REPULSIVE**
extremely unpleasant, unacceptable, feeling of strong dislike or disgust
700
**EXPLICABLE**
able to be explained
701
**DASHING**
attractive in a confident, exciting and stylish way
702
**DAINTY**
small, delicate, often moving in a careful way
703
**CLUNKY**
Heavy, solid, bulky, slow, old-fashioned
704
**JANKY**
poor quality
705
**FEROCIOUS**
extremely unpleasant
fierce, cruel and violent
agggressive and bitter conflict
706
**STOCHASTIC**
random
707
708
**BOISTEROUS**
noisy, energtic and rough
709
**INCONGRUOUS**
out of place, inconsistent, doesn't fit with the surroundings
710
**CUNNING**
skillful in accomplishing through deceit or cleverness
711
# 1.
**SHREWD**
sharp witted, with good observations, good judgment and good decision making
712
**TANTAMOUNT (TO)**
equivalent to
713
**SKITTISH**
nevous and easily frightened
714
**FEEBLE**
weak, without energy, strength and power
not effective or good
715
**REFRACTORY**
difficult to control, unwilling to obey
716
**TANTAMOUNT (to)**
Equivalent to
717
**CUNNING**
clever in getting things they want, with gimmicks
718
**SLY**
deceive people in a clever way to get what you want
719
**TREACHEROUS**
ground /sea: peril due to bad weather
deceiving and disloyal person
720
**SKITTISH**
Nervous, easily frightened
likely to change beliefs and opinions often
721
**FEEBLE**
weak, without energy, strength or power
722
**REVELOUS**
fond of festivity, given to merrymaking
723
**DEVIANT**
used to describe a person / behavior that is not usual and considered to be unacceptable
724
**PRURIENT**
too interested in another person's sexual behavior
725
**DRACONIAN**
excessively harsh and severe
726
**STAPLE**
basic or main, standard or regular
727
**INCALCULABLE**
extremely large and unable to be measured
728
**STOUT**
fat, solid looking, esp around the waist
(object) made from thick and strong materials
729
**TRANSCENDENT**
above and beyond
730
**POIGNANT**
painfully affecting the feelings
| **piercing**
731
**EMPIRICIST**
methods / exeperience / observation based > theory
732
**PUTATIVE**
generally considered or assumed, based on conjecture not evidence
733
**AUSTERE**
strict and severe in manner, apperance and attitude (person)
simple and plain, with no luxury
734
735
**PRESAGING**
indicating/predicting the occurence of an event
736
**CONTENTIOUS**
controversal
737
**CHIVALROUS**
A chivalrous man is polite, honest, fair and kind towards women
738
**VALIANT**
very brave or bravely determined, esp when things are difficult or the situation gives no cause for hope
739
**FORMIDABLE**
strong and powerful -> difficult to deal with if opposed to you
740
**STEADFAST**
stay the same for a long time and not changing quickly or unexpectedly
741
**HONOR-BOUND**
bound by one's sense of honor or what is morally right
742
**UNWAVERING**
continuing in a strong and steady way
never changing or becoming weaker
743
**HASTY**
hasty actions are done in a hurry, sometimes without the necessary care or thought
| **cursory**
744
**PRESCIENT**
knowing / suggesting correctly what will happen in the future
745
**INSUFFERABLE**
intolerable, extremely unpleasant or annoying
746
**INTOLERABLE**
too bad or unpleasant to deal with or accpet
747
748
**AUSPICIOUS**
suggesting a positive and successful future
749
**QUAINT**
attractive bc of being unusual and esp old-fashioned
750
**SALIENT**
Most noticeable or important, prominent
751
**CONSPICUOUS**
very noticeable or attracting attention, often in a way that is not wanted
752
**STRATOSPHERIC**
very high or great
753
**LOW-LYING**
at or near sea level
754
**BEDRIDDEN**
too old/ sick to get out of bed
755
**INGRAINED (in)**
deep-rooted, imprinted
756
**MENACING**
threatening
757
**IRRETRIEVABLE**
irreversible
758
**RABID**
extremely unreasonable
759
**CRUMMY**
bad, poor quality, shabby, sick, unhappy
760
**DEPLORABLE**
Very bad
761
**GUT WRENCHING**
Heartbreaking
762
**FLEDGLING**
New without experience
763
**FLEDGLING**
New without experience
764
**DASHING**
Attractive
765
**UNCOUTH**
Awkward, lack of good manners, socially inappropriate
766
**GRUFF**
Low impatience and unfriendly voice
767
**GRUFF**
Low impatience and unfriendly voice
768
**PERTRIFIED**
Extremely terrified
769
**PERTRIFIED**
Extremely terrified
770
**EXTORTIONATE**
Exorbitant
771
**FULL-FLEDGED**
Fully developed
772
**AGHAST**
Filled with horror or shock
773
BURLY
Well-built, rugged, muscular
774
PRECARIOUS
Insecure
775
STAUNCH
Loyal, faithful
776
CONSPICUOUS
Noticeable
777
CONSPICUOUS
Noticeable
778
HALF-WITTED
Stupid, dull-witted
779
HALF-WITTED
Stupid, dull-witted
780
LORDLY
Describe someone who behaves as if they are better than other people
781
EXPEDITIOUS
Quick, done with speed and efficiency
782
EXPEDITIOUS
Quick, done with speed and efficiency
783
BURLY
Rugged, beefy
784
NONDESCRIPT
ordinary
785
MANHANDLED
Roughly handled, dragging and pushing
786
LIFE AFFIRMING
Optimistic
787
BOORISH
Rough, bad mannered, coarse
788
ABSTRUSE
Obscure
789
AVERSE
having a strong dislike of or opposition to sth
790
PIOUS
Devoutly religious
791
PIOUS
Devoutly religious
792
PIOUS
A hypocritical display a virtue
793
PIOUS
A hypocritical display a virtue
794
UNFETTERED
Not limited by rules or any other controlling influence
795
CROCHETY
irritable
796
DEMURE
(Esp of women) quiet and well-behaved
797
DEMURE
(Esp of women) quiet and well-behaved
798
FLACCID
soft and weak
799
CRYPTIC
Mysterious and difficult to understand
800
DILAPIDATED
in a bad condition and needing repair
801
PUMPED UP
excited and enthusiastic
802
RAGGY
ragged
803
MINGING
smelling bad
804
JOVIAL
friendly and in a good mood
805
VOCAL FRY
low, creaky sound that occurs when you vocal cords vibrate slowly
806
VICARIOUS
indirect, experienced as a result of watching, listening, reading about other people, rather than self-experience
807
SHRILL
piercing
808
HEART-RENDING
causing great sympathy or sadness, disturbing
809
SCRAPPY
untidy, badly organized or put together
810
SATURNINE
moody, slow and gloomy and mysterious
811
BRAZEN
shameless, obvious, without any attempt to be hidden
812
SUPERFLUOUS
more than is needed or wanted
813
UNHINGED
disturbed, unstable and distraught
814
DISTRAUGHT
deeply upset and agitated
815
PLIABLE
flexible, substance that bends easily without breaking or creaking
816
FEUDAL
outdated or old-fashioned
817
RIVETING
compelling, interesting
818
UNCONSCIONABLE
morally unacceptable
819
MIND-BOGGLING
mind-blowing
820
HAYWIRE
erractic
821
COWHIDE LEATHER
leather made of cow skin
822
RESOUNDING
great, loud
823
STEALTHY
quiet and careful in order to not be seen or heard, sneaky
824
LONG-WINDED
lengthy
825
LUSCIOUS
having a pleasant sweet and containing a lot of juice
826
MALIGNANT vs BENIGN
827
INCIPIENT
just beginning
828
GAUDY
unpleasantly bright in color or decor
829
TACTFUL
careful not to say or do sth to upset someone
830
IMPUDENT
insolent
831
SABLE
A dark brown or black colour
832
GLUM (about)
Disappointed or unhappy, and quiet, sad and discouraged
833
SYNDICATED
Sold to different newspapers and magazines for publishing, sold to different stations
Sold to different newspapers and magazines around the world
834
EGALITARIAN
Believe that all people are equally important and should have the same rights and opportunities in life
835
ROVING
Constantly moving from place to place
836
ZESTY
Strong, pleasant and somewhat spicy flavour
837
DOWDY
Unfashionable and without style in appearance
838
FRUMPY
Dowdy an old-fashioned
839
FACETIOUS
Not meant to taken seriously or literally
840
BE DELUGED WITH
Be flooded with
841
ANOMALOUS
Different from what is usual, or not in agreement with something else and therefore not satisfactory
842
OBSOLESCENT
Obsolete
843
INCENSED
Very angry, enraged
844
DUBIOUS
doubtful
845
IMMENSE
Extremely huge, massive
846
BONA FIDE
Real
847
ASTHMATIC
Having asthma
848
LIVID
Furiously angry
849
LIVID
Dark blueish gray colour
850
PATCHY
Spotty, dispersed inconsistently
851
ADEPT AT
Having natural ability to sth sth needs skill
852
COY
Being or pretending to be shy
853
COY ABOUT
Keep sth as a secret
854
SELF-EFFACING
not trying to get attention, modest
855
SHRILL
loud, high pitched noise that is unpleasant to listen to
856
CONDUCIVE
Facilitate, give the right condition for sth good to happen
857
OSTENTATIOUS
show off to attract others’ attention and admiration
858
IRRECONCILABLE
impossible to find agreement with or between
859
SENESCENT
Becoming old, and therefore in less good condition and less able to function well
860
SENESCENT
Old, in less good condition, less able to function well
861
ACRID
an acrid smell or taste is strong and bitter and causes a burning feeling in the throat
862
RISIBLE
So lacking in quality or usefulness that it deserves to be laughed at
863
RISIBLE
So lacking in quality or usefulness that it deserves to be laughed at
864
JARRING
Rumbling, unpleasant noise
865
JARRING
Rumbling, unpleasant noise
866
JARRING
Inconsistent, discordant
867
JARRING
Inconsistent, discordant
868
CACOPHONOUS
noisy, harsh and discordant mixture of sound
869
NIGGLING
irritating, causing ongoing worries and anxiety
870
NEFARIOUS
criminal, morally bad
871
FRIZZY
tangled, rough and stuck hair
872
GOBSMACKED
astounded, surprised and speechless
873
DRACONIC
Harsh, strict (LAW)
Resembles dragon
874
INNOCUOUS
completely harmless
875
EQUESTRIAN
related to horse riding
876
PRECIPITOUS
Very steep
877
PRECIPITOUS
Fast and great reduction or increase
878
FRAZZLED
Worn-out, fatigued
879
SPASTIC
Stiff and rigid muscle
880
GUNG HO
extremely enthusiastic, esp when going to war
881
DAINTY
Small, delicate and often moving in a careful way
882
UNCONSCIONABLE
Morally unacceptable
Unreasonable
883
DEPRAVED
morally bad or evil
884
COMPLIMENTARY
Free
885
CUNNING
the quality of being clever at planning sth so you get what you want, esp by tricking other people
886
PHALLIC
Penis shaped
887
LIMINAL
Between or belonging to two different places or states
888
INADVERTENT
Not intentional
889
BLATANT
very obvious and intentional, when this is a bad thing
890
PRIMITIVE
relating to human society at a very early stage of development, with people living in simple way without machines or a writing system
891
CONTINGENT
A group of people representing an org or country, or a part of a military force
892
CONTINGENT (on)
Depending on sth else in the future in order to happen
893
INTRACTABLE
stubborn
894
RAUNCHY
connected with sex in a very clear and obvious way
895
GUBERNATORIAL
Relating to governor (=the official leader)
896
MUTANT
An unpleasant and frightening thing
(BIO) a new type of organism that is a result of the process of mutation
An organism that is different from others of its type bc of a permanent change in its genes
897
SUPERFLUOUS
extra and not necessary, redundant
898
JET-SETTING
travelling a lot by plane, usually for pleasure
899
PRODIGAL
spending extravagantly
very great in amount or degree
900
IRI'DESCENT
showing many bright colours that change with movement
901
LITIGIOUS
too often taking arguments to a court of law for a decision, esp win money in a lawsuit
902
SHREWD
having a clear understanding and good judgment of a situation, resulting in an adv
903
DAINTY
small, delicate, attractive and often move in a careful way
904
DANDY
good, often said as a joke when sth is not good and you're not happy about it
905
SEARING
very hot
if sth such as a feeling or temperature, is described as searing, it is extreme
powerful
906
BRUSQUE
quick and rude in manner or speech, curt
907
LOOMING
Sth unpleasant about to happen soon and causing worry
908
INCORRIGIBLE
Bad and impossible to change or improve
909
INCORRIGIBLE
Bad and impossible to change or improve
910
AMBIDEXTROUS
Able to use both hands
911
INDIGNANT
angry bc of sth that is wrong or fair
912
EFFERVESCENT
Vivacious and enthusiastic
Fizzy
913
ACRIMONIOUS
Sounds angry and bitter
914
ATROCIOUS
Horrifyingly wicked, extremely unpleasant
915
NIMBLE
Quick and exact either in movement or thoughts
916
TEMPESTUOUS
Sth such as a relationship or time is tempestuous, its full of strong emotions
Violently emotional
917
CONNIVING
a conniving person deceives others for their own advantage
918
OFFICIOUS
To eager to tell people what to do and having too high an opinion of your own importance
919
GLUM (about)
Disappointed or unhappy and quiet
