Girlfriends Flashcards
(347 cards)
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Puffery
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meaning “an exaggeration or statement that no reasonable person would take as factual.”
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Overlook
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Not giving attention/ chance
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Right under your nose
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something that someone fails to see or notice even though he or she should
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Chump
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A fool
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Consent
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Cram
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Pack to capacity
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Pulsate
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Contract and expand rhythmically
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Underneath
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Pencil in
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Put on schedule
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Irresistible
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Incontrovertible
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When something is incontrovertible, it is undeniably, absolutely, 100 percent, completely true. That rain is wet is an incontrovertible fact.
Impossible to deny or disapprove
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Sincere
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Tolerate
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Lodged in my cleavage
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Moxie
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Determination
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Debatable
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Innate
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In born / natural
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Acquainted
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Means you know each other
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Girdle
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Makes the lower body look firmer and smaller
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Habitually
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Consistently
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Head over heels
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Turn over completely
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Waltz
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Coupe dance - a kind of
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Trifling
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Not worthy considering
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Prima Donna
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Someone who acts like the start of a show.
When you dominate the conversation and interrupts others you are a prima donna
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Pluck
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Cling to a shred of hope losing dignity day by day
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Dignity
Worthy of self respect
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Juvenile
Children / young people.
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Spooked
Frighten
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Sacrilegious
Sacrilegious means extremely disrespectful towards something considered sacred. An action that causes deep offense to a believer — like burning a religious text, for example — is sacrilegious.
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Sinister
Evil
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Skirt
Ignore or,
Go around / past the edge
You skirt on the edge but you really never go over do you.
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Regressed
Return to a former and less developed state
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Intricate
Complicated and detailed
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Charade
Something done for show.
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Lingering
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Compelled
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Rug burn
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Insidious
Slowly and secretly causing harm.
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Slugger
Boxer/ person who like to throw hard punches
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Ragged
Sth that has started to fall apart
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Macking- informal
Flirting with /
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Groupie
Enthusiastic young fan
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Get swept up in the spirit
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Has its perks
Has its benefit
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Burn some bridges
You do something that forces you to continue with a particular course of action and make it impossible to return to the previous situation or relationship.
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A speedo
This is a brand of swimwear.
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Knocked up
Make pregnant/ slang
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Phenomenal
Extraordinary, exceptional.
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Phenomenon
Event / situation
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Craftmanship
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Seamstress
Professional for sewing clothing
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Out of proportion
Tasteful
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Fastidious
If you want to describe a person who insists on perfection or pays much attention to food, clothing and cleanliness, the right word is fastidious.
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Tasteful
Tasteful things are elegant, appropriate, or aesthetically pleasing.
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Classist
treating someone unfairly or having negative opinions about them based on their social class
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Egregious
Outstanding bad, horrific
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Damsel
A young unmarried girl
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I’m throwing caution to the wind
: to stop being careful and do something that is dangerous or that might result in failure.
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Wee hours
Early morning immediately after midnight
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Wee hours
Early morning immediately after midnight
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Demeaning - disrespectful
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Grope
Feel about or search blindly
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Masochistic
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Sadistic
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abstinent
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Prowl
Move around relentlessly and stealthily in search of
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Fall off the wagon
Fall back into doing something you’ve abstained from for a while
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Splurge
Spend extravagantly/ spend freely
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Vicious
Deliberately cruel / violent
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Right off the bat
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Repartee
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Tart up
Dress up / fancy up.
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Straight from the hip
To speaking in a very direct and honest way.
Blunt
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Revved up
Very excited
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Stood next to up the last three session
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Unfounded
Having no foundation or basis in fact.
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Weasel out
Avoid doing something
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Scuffed up
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Shacking up
Live together - sexual partner before marriage
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Aura
Atmosphere
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severe mental or physical pain or suffering.
Anguish
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Rub off your good quality
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Grouchy
irritable and bad-tempered; grumpy; complaining.
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Quenched
Satisfy by drinking
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Belittling
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Sassy improperly forward /bold
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Secluded
Hidden from the general view / use
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Mule
Donkey / horse has a baby.
Informal. Carrier of illegal drugs.
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Hitch up
Connect so that it can be pulled - vehicle.
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Fillet
fillet is a specially cut piece of meat or fish
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Im in a pickle
Mess or difficult situation.
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Kick it up a notch
Try or work harder.
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Flaunt
display (something) ostentatiously, especially in order to provoke envy or admiration or to show defiance.
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Blasphemy
Showing that you don’t respect god / religion.
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Commotion
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Kickback
A kickback is a sum of money that is paid to someone illegally
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Fuss
Showing unnecessary or excessive concern about something
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Nitpicking
Pointing minor faults
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Scour
Clean
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You know what happens to the dream deferred
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Break down
Collapse, stop operating or functioning.
Lose control of one’s emotions
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To begrudge someone for something is to wish them ill for it or to envy them
Begrudge
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Take precedence over
Regarded as of higher importance
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Veer
Change direction suddenly
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Phantom breaking
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Beauty pageant
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Tumble
Fall with a rolling or bouncing movement.
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Gloat
Express great satisfaction at the misfortune of others.
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Quandary
tough situation that will be really hard to resolve.
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Segue
Uninterrupted transition from one piece of music or film scene to another.
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Wigger
White people trying to act black
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Pleasantly smooth or soft / free from harshness.
Mellow
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Arduous
Hard to accomplish
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Trekking
Go on a long arduous journey
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Slack
Someone who avoids work.
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Derogatory
Showing critical or disrespectful attitude.
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Ding sound
Oven for example
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Impetuous
Hastily, done very quickly without thought or care.
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Put your foot in it
Say something that causes someone to be embarrassed, upset or hurt.
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Prelude
A event that act as an introduction to a more important event.
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Obtuse
Annoyingly insensitive/ slow to understand.
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Preaching to the choir
Presenting an argument or opinion to the people who already agree with it.
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In the hole
In debt
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I’m over my head
Get involved in sth that has more difficulties than you can manage.
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Revved up
Excited
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Rain on someone parade
Spoil someone pleasure
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Rebuke
Express a sharp disapproval or criticism
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Take the liberty
Do something without asking permission
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Initiative
Ability to assess and initiate things independently
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Ingrate
Ungrateful person
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Startled
Feeling or causing sudden shock
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Blew the fuse
Get very angry or upset.
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Deranged
Crazy/ insane
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Transgressions
Acts that goes against the law.
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Hazing
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Slick
Oil slick.
Smooth and slippery
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Rolodex
Rotary card index used for holding addresses, names phone numbers
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Clumsy
Awkward in the moment
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Scattle
Move quickly in an anxious way
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Tardiness
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Seamstress
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Keep your eyes on the price Kon
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Congenial
2024 — pleasant and friendly; producing a feeling of comfort or satisfaction: We spent a relaxed evening with congenial friends.
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Tomfoolery
Silly & ridiculous behavior
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Amenities
Has gotten possessive of his amenities, since someone has been abusing his hot tab privileges.
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Groaning
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Fiesta
Celebration or a party
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Tart up
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Procure
Obtain, acquire
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Lousy
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Presumptuous
Excessively forward
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Trivial
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Hot tub
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Haggler
Someone should engages in dispute or argue especially in bargaining. Opposite. Impulse buyer
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Freak
Very unusual
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Botox
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Scotch tape
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Nary
Not any, not one.
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Bravado
Making a bold showy statement
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Lothario
A successful womanizer
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Tangerine
Tone of orange.
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Suspicious
causing one to have the idea or impression that something or someone is of questionable, dishonest, or dangerous character or condition.
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Drum up
To obtain support or business by means of vigorous persuasion.
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Wear off
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Mull over
Ponder, chew over
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Hog is a pig that’s kept in the farm
You can use the word as a verb, like when you act a greedy hog. Try not to hog the pizza, stick to your allotted portion./ assigned portion.
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The opposite of love isn’t hate it’s indifference
Not concerned or interested
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Lax not sufficiently strict, severe or careful.
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Apprised
Informed or tell.
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Have not kept apprised to the latest technological advances
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Delinquent - past due
Deliquescence - absorb moisture from atm. Have a tendency to become liquid.
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Run up a tab
Accumulate charges
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Embroidered
Sewn on cloth with thread.
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Lickety-split
With great speed
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Hype
Publicize or promote often with exaggeration
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Senile
Showing attributes of old age, having poor mentor ability brought by old age.
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Affable
Friendly, congenial
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Complimenrary
Given or supplied for free of charge.
Expressing a compliment, appraisal, approval.
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Complimenrary
Given or supplied for free of charge.
Expressing a compliment, appraisal, approval.
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Cut yourself a switch
Go outside and literally cut a branch of tree
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Encyclopedic
Comprehensive
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Ragamuffin
Person typically a child in ragged dirty clothes
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Mange
Skin disease
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Pheromone
Substances secreted by organism to affect the receiving one’s behavior
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Awning
Roof like covering
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Mesmerized
Hold attention
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If it’s any consolation
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Prosecute me for having a life, so what is this big surprise,
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Migraine
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Loquacious
A person who talks a lot, often about stuff they only think is interesting.
Full of trivial conversation. Gabby, tally, talkative.
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Discourse
Formal and intense discussions.
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Dogmatic
To follow a set of rules no matter what.
Can be religious, constitutional etc
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Pompous
Arrogant
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Pontificate
To pontificate is to talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner. To pontificate properly, you need to be a know-it-all with very strong opinions and the urge to share them.
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Sizzling like bacon
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Beautiful, stunning, exquisite
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Frigid
Extremely cold.
Can also mean.
Sexually unresponsive.
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Scrumptious
If you describe something as scrumptious, you'd probably like to eat every last crumb. Can I have another slice of that scrumptious pie? Please?
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Flaws
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Startling
Surprising, astonishing or remarkable.
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Pore
Can mean.
But when used as a verb, to pore means to concentrate your attention on or devote hours of focus to something:
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Captivating
Attract and hold interest and attention of
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Profound
Very great and intense
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Mope around
wander around there not doing anything, looking and feeling unhappy.
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Impound
Legally take it away from its owner.
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Arduous
Describe an activity that takes a lot of effort.
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Tenacious
Use tenacious to mean "not easily letting go or giving up," like a clingy child who has a tenacious grip on his mother's hand.
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Cherishes
Protect and care for.
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Clinch
Settle or confirm
What clinched it.
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Grievous
Very Severe or serious.
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Ultimatum
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Get on someone’s nerves
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Notwithstanding
In spite of
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Plastered
Very drunk
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Camaraderie
mutual trust and friendship among people who spend a lot of time together.
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Indiscretion
indiscretion you are doing something wrong that shows a lack of judgment.
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Drive a wedge
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Amicable
Friendly “”
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Pull the wool over someone’s eyes
To pull the wool over someone's eyes is to fool them, especially by pretending to be friendly while actually cheating or stealing from them.
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Janky
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Fuss over
Treat with excessive attention or affection
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Candle lit picnic
And just talk.
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Confetti
Small colored papers thrown during a celebration such as a wedding
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Grab straws
To guess randomly or pursue any apparent option, due to a lack of clear choices or information.
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Noble
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Voracious
having a very eager approach to an activity.
Voracious reader.
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Gerbils
Muscle like animal often kept as a bet
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Litigious
Tend to do people often excessively
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Commendable
worthy of high praise
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Grassroots
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Obscenity
Indecency
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to pay attention to everything that is happening around you and to what people are saying
Keep your ear to the ground
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Innocuous
Not harmful / offensive
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Weather something
to bear up against and come safely through
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Panoramic view
as from an altitude or distance
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Mesmerizing
Hold attention
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Conscience
A built in sense of what’s wrong and what’s right.
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Take the edge off
to make something unpleasant have less of an effect on someone: Have an apple - it'll take the edge off your hunger. His apology took the edge off her anger ...
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Slandering
Make false statements. That damages someone’s reputation
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Scrimped and saved
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Save face
Retain respect avoid humiliation
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I’m not emotionally equipped to handle your denial, now go on.
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To relate an amusing anecdote with
Anecdote - short amusing and interesting story
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Prudent
If you show good and careful judgement when handling practical matters.
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Cogent
Powerfully persuasive
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Glamour
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Perverse
Perverse pleasure of sticking my it to me.
Deviate from what is considered proper, moral or good right.
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Acerbic
Sour or bitter in taste.
Harsh or corrosive in tone.
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Hostile
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Resent her success
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Exude
Make apparent by one’s mood or behavior
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Tizzy
Nervous and agitated
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Blabbing
Tell others about something secretive
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Confide in each other about everything
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Naturally your loyalties will lie with him.
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Groping
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There is new restaurant on 3rd have been dying to try
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Earnest
characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions
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Waged
Carried on
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Dilly dally
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Define / defund
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You are not a walk in the park
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I’m going to have united nation all over my house
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Mascot
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Be a one board
Be completely honest/ straightforward.
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Gullible
Credulous
Easily persuaded to believe something
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Crunch
Crash the food loudly between the teeth.
Other meaning.
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Awning
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Be under someone spell
Be strongly attracted by someone and influenced by them.
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Follow your bliss
Trusting that things will work out, even if they are not completely perfect.
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Could be fate
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Coy - don’t be coy
Reluctant to give details esp. about something regarded as sensitive.
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Turd
Dig pop
A lump of excrement / feces/ waste matter discharged from the bowel.
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Transgressions
The act that goes against the laws.
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Mired in debt.
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Lethal
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Appraised
Assess the value or quality of
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Read me the riot act
To speak angrily to someone about something they have done and warn the person that they will be punished if they don’t again.
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Downturn
A decline in economic business other activities
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Slump
Downturn/
Fall or slouch down.
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Snoop
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Rugged
having a broken, rocky and uneven surface.
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Knock the boots
Having sexual intercourse.
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Succubus
Female demon
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Foot funk
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Cadavers
Corpse
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Bumming
Informal
Get by begging or by asking
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Run amuck
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Drab
Dull
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Pecking order
Hierarchy of status
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Wassail
drink plentiful amounts of alcohol and enjoy oneself with others in a noisy, lively way.
Convene for a little wassail afterwards.
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Fate trumps psychic
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Trifling
Having little meaning or seriousness.
I don’t know why I’m friends with her, you preaching to the choir.
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Callous
Insensitive or emotionally hardened person.
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Grand
Large and impressive
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Anyone living with that delusions that grand is in constant pain.
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Profound
Great and very intense.
You suffer from profound narcissistic personality disorder.
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Sanitary
Very clean.
Free from filth and pathogens. Pathogens are organisms / bacteria that could harm the health human beings.
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Puffing
The act of forcible exhalation.
Huffing.
Could also mean to blow cigarette smoke out in the air.
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Stick it out
Persevere or put up with something difficult or disagreeable.
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Quilt
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Besmirch
Damage the reputation of someone or others in the opinion of others.
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Blatant
Done openly and unashamedly.
Blatant lies.
Very obvious. Not subtle.
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Flaunt
Show off.
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Ta-ta
Goodbye.
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Contemplate
Think about something carefully.
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Frisking
Searching someone for weapons or illegal drugs..
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Acquainted
As long as long know someone or something fairly well, you are acquainted with it.
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Hobble
Walk in an awkward way.
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Savage
Cruel or brutal
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Ferocious
Cruel, violent, savage.
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Fierce
Having or showing ferocious aggressive.
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Frolic
Play and move about cheerfully, excitedly and energetically.
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Reenacting
Acting again and again.
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Arduous
An activity that takes alit of effort.
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Quest
A long and arduous search of something.
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Dues
Things that are due are owed
That only applies to the girlfriends who pay their dues.
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Convalescent
A person who is recovering from illness is called convalescent.
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Triumphant
Having won a battle, victorious
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How long it took to go out with you.
Almost gave up trying to win you over.
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Rowdy
Loud and disorderly.
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Flip me the bird
Stick one’s middle finger up.
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Punk
Deceived or trick
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You just tossed it down the disposal like rancid taco meat.
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I’m nothing if not authentic
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Harass
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Decorum
Behave in a calm / proper and polite way.
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Commensurate
Corresponding in size and degree; in proportion.
You must behave in degree decorum commensurate with our positions.
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Indulgent
Lenient and overly generous.
Self indulgent person give themselves a lot of treats.
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Extravagant
Recklessly wasteful
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Decadent
Wasteful indulgence and extravagance.
Decadent can also mean state of moral or artistic decay.
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Benevolent
Well meaning and kind.
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Delirious
Uncontrollably excited or a bit crazy.
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Wrangle
Argue or dispute; tend or round up - cattle / livestock
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Propensity
Natural tendency or inclination towards
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Jilt
Suddenly reject or abandon
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Pine away
To become thin and weak because of sadness or a loss
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Perverse
Contrary to the accepted standards or behaviors,
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Rally
Reassemble
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Mobilizing for a common cause.
Rallying
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Mendacity
Untruthful, lying
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Overtly
Without concealment or secrecy, openly.
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Covertly
Secretly
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Bizarre
Strange and unusual
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Kafkaesque
People use it to describe interactions that are unnecessarily bureaucratic and complicated.
Long strange bizarre experience.
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Fervent
Having or showing intense passion
