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Good / Exciting

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ostentatious - Characterized by vulgar or pretentious display; designed to impress or attract notice

In an ostentatious display, the socialite walked down the street wearing a fur coat, several gold necklaces, and silk gloves and hoped somebody would notice her.

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Bad / Strange

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farfetched - Very unlikely to be true, and difficult to believe

Steve Jobs proved all the doubters wrong when he made what they thought were farfetched predictions of success.

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Good / Beautiful

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exotic - Originating in or characteristic of a distant foreign country

Most people try to save enough money for an exotic vacation to experience a new culture.

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Good / Pleasure

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scrumptious - (of food) extremely appetizing or delicious

After losing 20 pounds on her diet, Abby wanted to reward herself with a scrumptious piece of cheesecake.

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Bad / Crazy

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catatonic - Appearing to be in a daze or stupor; unresponsive, not moving or reacting.

His experiment with psychodelics left him in a catatonic state where he showed almost no emotion, and it that took years for him to recover.

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Other / Body

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ruddy - (of a person's face) having a healthy red color

Prince Harry's ruddy complexion matches his bright red hair.

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Bad / Uncomfortable

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disconcerting - Making someone feel uncertain, uncomfortable or worried

Linda had a disconcerting habit of speaking before thinking about what she should say.

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Bad / Strange

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outlandish - Foreign or unfamiliar, especially in a way that seems odd or eccentric.

Her theory sounded so outlandish that no one took it seriously—until it was proven correct.

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Other / Inward

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complacent - Being too confident because danger is being ignored.

Martha's complacent attitude towards her growing credit card debt eventually caused her to go bankrupt when she could no longer pay her bills.

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Other / Shape

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overt - Done or shown openly, without any attempt to hide or conceal.

The overt hostility between the two co-workers made everyone in the meeting uncomfortable.

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Good / Brave

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adventurous - Willing to take risks to try new and difficult methods, ideas, or experiences.

He loved learning new techniques of programming, and he had an adventurous attitude and approach to computers.

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Other / Slowly

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piecemeal - Done in a series of steps, little by little, gradually over time.

The general knew that the battle could not be won all at once, so he had a plan to win it piecemeal, one part at a time.