noun

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Bad / Small

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void - An empty space; a vacuum or nothingness; lacking something essential or important; feeling of emptiness.

She felt a deep void of loneliness after her best friend moved away.

noun

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Bad / Delay

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laggard - A person who makes slow progress and falls behind others

Once the runners ahead of him were specks in the distance, Terry knew he was the laggard of the race.

adjective

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Bad / Dishonest

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fictitious - Imaginary, not real, made up and not true.

All the main characters in Charles Dicken's A Tale of Two Cities are fictitious, but the book gives you a good idea of what really happened.

noun

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Good / Successful

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trophy - An object that is given as a prize for winning a competition

Kathy put her trophy for winning the singing contest on her living room shelf for all to see.

adjective

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Other / Slowly

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eventually - Something that happens in the end, especially after a delay or a long time.

It took hours of searching, but we eventually found the missing keys.

adjective

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Bad / Unhappy

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inconsolable - So sad that a person cannot be comforted

Bob was inconsolable when he lost all his money at the gambling casino.

noun

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Good / Calm

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interlude - A short period of time that interrupts a longer event or activity.

When it rained, they took shelter in an old barn, and that created a long interlude during their hike.

noun

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Bad / Stupid

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Jerk - A contemptibly obnoxious person

Tia was just trying to drive home, but the jerk in the next lane yelled at her for driving too slowly.

noun

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Bad / Hurt

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brawl - To scuffle or fight in a rough, noisy manner.

After several hours of drinking, a brawl resulted when one of the men took offence to a rude comment about his hat.

adjective

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Good / Smart-Adj

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verbal - Being good at expressing ideas and feelings with words.

When he was on a date, he had trouble being verbal and expressing his thoughts and feelings.

verb

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Good / Friendly

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chitchat - Talk about trivial matters

Every morning, the secretaries would chitchat with each other over the latest gossip.

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Bad / Hostile

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spiteful - Intentionally unkind or mean, especially out of resentment or jealousy.

He was so upset when he was fired, that he did the spiteful act of deleting the files just before he left.