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Crummy

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A Unpleasant and disgusting.

B Bold and without shame

C Unpredictable, unprovoked, and destructive action

D Dirty, unpleasant, or of poor quality

ADJECTIVE

Crummy - Dirty, unpleasant, or of poor quality

With his minimum-wage job, all Jared could afford was a crummy studio apartment.

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Ghastly

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A A very small amount of something

B Having or streaked with gray hair

C A place that is empty and without people

D Causing great horror or fear; frightful or macabre

ADJECTIVE

Ghastly - Causing great horror or fear; frightful or macabre

Scary clowns are a ghastly sight for most people.

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Bleak

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A (of a woman or her clothes) dowdy and old-fashioned

B (of a building or room) charmless and inhospitable; dreary

C To feel completely exhausted and worn out, and unable to think straight, after a great deal of mental or physical effort

D A difference that is extremely apparent when two things are compared with each other

ADJECTIVE

Bleak - (of an area of land) lacking vegetation and exposed to the elements

The bleak desert looked like nature's graveyard where not even a bush could be found.

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Purgatory

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A A striking or amusing remark

B An extremely unpleasant place or experience that causes suffering

C A sudden violent upheaval, especially in a political or social context

D A person, typically a homeless one, who lives by asking for money or food

NOUN

Purgatory - An extremely unpleasant place or experience that causes suffering

Some people believe that after a person with a lot of sins dies, he must go to Purgatory for his soul to be cleansed before he can go to Heaven

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Harsh

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A A difference that is extremely apparent when two things are compared with each other

B Cruel or severe

C Ignoring obvious dangers

D Unsteady, dizzy, or dazed

ADJECTIVE

Harsh - Cruel or severe

In Catholic schools, nuns carry rulers to deliver harsh punishment to disobedient children.

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Blight

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A A plant disease, especially one caused by fungi such as mildews, rusts, and smuts

B Waste material; refuse or litter

C A person who avoids work or effort

D A soft boggy area of land that gives way underfoot

NOUN

Blight - A plant disease, especially one caused by fungi such as mildews, rusts, and smuts

Dark spots caused by blight can ruin the natural beauty of leaves.

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Nasty

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A Very bad or unpleasant

B Famous or well known, typically for some bad quality or deed

C A way of expressing something using a minimum number of words

D Highly unpleasant, especially to the senses; physically nauseating

ADJECTIVE

Nasty - Highly unpleasant, especially to the senses; physically nauseating

Aimee pinched her nose to avoid the nasty smell coming from the garbage truck.

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Dire

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A Extremely small

B Easily persuaded to believe something; credulous

C (of a situation or event) extremely serious or urgent

D Unconventional and slightly disreputable, especially in an attractive manner

ADJECTIVE

Dire - (of a situation or event) extremely serious or urgent

Finding survivors under the earthquake's rubble was a dire situation.

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Quagmire

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A A layer of dirt or froth on the surface of a liquid

B An awkward, complex, or hazardous situation

C The state of being tedious

D A confused mixture

NOUN

Quagmire - A soft boggy area of land that gives way underfoot

After the thunderstorm, the troops had to watch their step to avoid sinking into the quagmire of mud underneath them.

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Grim

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A Not safe and likely to fall or fail

B Forbidding or uninviting

C Oppressively solemn or sober in mood; grave

D (especially of a person) unfortunate

ADJECTIVE

Grim - Forbidding or uninviting

The ruins of the city were a grim sight to walk through.

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