Kai Flashcards

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Intimidate (v)

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To threaten or make someone feel scared

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Impose (v)

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To make someone do something

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Apprehensive (a)

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Nervous, a bit scared

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Reinstate (v)

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To bring someone back into position

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Innovative (a)

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A new and imaginative way of doing something

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Redeem (v)

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To get something in exchange (often for money)

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Implausible (a)

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Unbelievable

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Moult (v)

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To shed fur or skin (animals)

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Annex (n)

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A small building added to the side of another one

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Adjourn (v)

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To delay something until later

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Suspend (v)

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To hang something or to delay something

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Commiserate (v)

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To feel someone’s pain, to comfort them

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Dejected (a)

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To feel miserable and disappointed

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Chastise (v)

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To tell off

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Commend (v)

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To praise

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Minute (a) (not time)

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Tiny, very small, miniature

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Inconsequential (a)

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Not very important

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Paramount (a)

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Very important

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Onerous, taxing (a)

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Hard going, difficult

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Scrutinise (v)

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To look at something very closely

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Resourceful, ingenious (a)

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Using something in a clever way

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Haughty (a)

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Stuck up or posh

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Preoccupied (a)

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Worried, concerned, unable to concentrate

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Riveting, engrossing (a)

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Fascinating, you can’t tear yourself away from them

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Frail (a)

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Weak, fragile

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Hearty (a)

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Strong and healthy

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Overbearing (a)

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Bossy, scary

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Reckless (a)

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Careless, stupidly dangerous

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Courteous (a)

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Super-polite

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Aloof (a)

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Cold, unfriendly

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31
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Warily, gingerly (adv)

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Cautiously

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32
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Captivated (a)

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Fascinated by

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33
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Wane (v)

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To get less or smaller

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34
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Zealous (a)

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Super-keen, enthusiastic

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Decrepit (a)

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Getting old and falling apart

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36
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Infirm (a)

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Ill, not healthy

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37
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Enclosure (n)

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Closed space outside

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38
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Mangle (v)

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Squash out of shape

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39
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Uniform (a)

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All the same

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40
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Essence (n)

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The very heart if something

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Garb (n)

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Costume or disguise

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42
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Recruit (v)

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To enlist someone to join your team, company, army

43
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Corkscrew (n)

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Something that you uncork a bottle with

44
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Earnest (a)

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Serious, honest, you really mean it

45
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Hindsight (n)

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When you look back at something

46
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Foresight (n)

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Looking ahead, making a good prediction

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Thaw (v)

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Snow or ice melting

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Meander (v)

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To wind along, not going in straight lines

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Flourish (v)

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To grow well, to do really well

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Impetuous (a)

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Doing something without thinking it through, immediately

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Erode (v)

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To be worn away by wind or rain

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Bog (n)

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A marsh or a very wet piece of land

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Barren (a)

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Dead, unable to give life, you can’t grow anything there

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Disorientated (a)

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Losing your bearings, getting lost

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Presently (adv)

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After a while, a little bit later

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Expanse (n)

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A large area of land

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Melancholy (n)

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A deep sadness, without obvious cause

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Devious (a)

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Sneaky, underhand

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Amicable (a)

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Friendly

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Lethargy (n)

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Lacking energy

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Quell (v)

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To end a disturbance

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Vivacious (a)

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Lively, full of life

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Forthright (a)

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To say something without caring about someone’s feelings

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Sow (n)

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Female pig

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Ornate (a)

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Highly decorated

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Perceive (v)

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Understand something by using your senses

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Gracious (a)

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Kindly and forgiving

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Meagre (a)

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Small, not much, hardly anything

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Timber (n)

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Untreated wood

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Ambiguous (a)

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Not clear or decided

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Delectable (a)

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Delicious

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Frivolous (a)

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Not having any serious purpose or value

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Repudiate (v)

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Deny strongly, not agree with

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Benevolent (a)

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Kind and merciful

75
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Preach (v)

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To give religious or moral instruction

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Congregation (n)

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The people that go to a church

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Scanty (a)

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Not very much

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Opulent (a)

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Rich, of very high value

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Barter (v)

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To swap or trade goods without money

80
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Discreet (a)

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To be careful with information, not being a blabbermouth

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Indulge (v)

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To give yourself a bit of a treat

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Quench (v)

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To satisfy something (almost always to do with thirst)

83
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Mortified (a)

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So ashamed you might die

84
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Melodramatic (a)

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Being a bit of a drama queen, exaggerating a crisis

85
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To go without (v)

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To not have something

86
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To make do (v)

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To manage with what you have

87
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Contradict (v)

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To say the opposite

88
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Cease (v)

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To stop

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Incessant (a)

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Non-stop, continual

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Brisk (a)

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Energetic, quick

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Virtue (n)

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Goodness, honesty

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Contempt, disdain (n)

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Looking down on someone, disgust

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Wring (v)

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To squeeze water out of something

94
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Dissent (n)

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Arguing, disagreeing, showing disrespect

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Affinity (n)

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A liking for something or someone

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Endorse (v)

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To publicly approve of something

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Thrive (v)

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To grow or develop really well

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Prevail (v)

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To get through something difficult

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Condemn (v)

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A hard punishment, a harsh decision

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Laudable (a)

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Praiseworthy, a good effort

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Unintelligible (a)

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Nonsensical, gibberish, not understandable

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Derelict (a)

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Ruined, falling apart

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Apathy (n)

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Not being bothered, uninterested by anything

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Vehement (a)

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With a lot of energy, forceful