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Good / Love

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adore - To love and respect (someone) deeply

The newlywed couple adored each other and every day found new aspects about each other that they loved.

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Good / Friendly

flatter - To express excessive compliments about someone, for personal gain.

Linda immediately recognized Jason's gushing compliments as an attempt to flatter her before asking her for a date.

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Good / Calm

tinker - To attempt to repair or improve something in a casual way, often to no useful effect

Mitch tried to tinker with his computer before realizing that it was more broken that he had thought, and that he had to bring it to the computer store to have a professional repair it.

noun

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Bad / Small

peek - A quick and typically furtive look

Before the play started, Jake took a peek at the audience sitting in their seats.

verb

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Bad / Hurt

bash - To hit hard and forcefully

When George Nash came home from the pub drunk the third time this week, his wife took out a stick and screamed, “I told you that if you came home drunk again that I would bash your head in.”

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Good / Flexible

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digression - Moving away from the main subject, and then writing or talking about something else.

Because the topic of his speech was so serious, after a few minutes he used humor as a digression to lighten up the mood with a joke.

adjective

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Bad / Powerless

wimpy - Fearful and lacking courage

Sam took boxing lessons, hoping that it would strengthen him physically and emotionally, so he could improve his generally wimpy attitude towards challenging situations.

verb

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Bad / Disorganized

rummage - To search unsystematically and untidily through a mass or receptacle

The dog rummaged through the trash to look for food.

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Bad / Pain

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affliction - Something that causes pain or suffering.

When Pharoah didn't let the people go, Moses gave Egypt one affliction after another.

adjective

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Good / Big

stupendous - Extremely impressive

Evel Knievel became famous as a daredevil for his death-defying and stupendous stunts.

verb

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Other / Fast

streak - To make a long, thin line or mark of a different substance or color from its surroundings.

The shooting star streaked across the night sky before quickly disappearing.

adjective

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Good / Beautiful

elegant - Pleasingly graceful and stylish in appearance or manner

With her classically beautiful features, Audrey Hepburn appeared elegant no matter what she happened to be wearing.