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Bad / Confused

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tricky - Difficult to deal with or do, often requiring skill or caution, sometimes being deceptive or misleading, making it appear different from what it really is.

The magician used a tricky move to distract the audience

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Bad / Aggressive

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badger - To repeatedly and annoyingly ask someone to do something.

Every time that Arnold asked Samantha to go out on a date, she would tell him firmly ‘No’. But each time he saw her, he would badger her again and again about wanting to go out, and again she said 'No!'

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Bad / Disorganized

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tardy - Delaying or delayed beyond the expected or proper time; late.

The train was tardy, arriving 20 minutes behind schedule.

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Bad / Small

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infinitesimal - Extremely small

While our solar system may seem enormous to us, it is infinitesimal compared to the size of the entire universe, which by current estimates is 90 billion light years wide.

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Bad / Angry

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irate - Angry and displeased

When Max was waiting in a car lane and he saw cars cut in, it made him irate.

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Bad / Weak

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kowtow - To act in an excessively submissive or obedient manner, often to gain favor; to bow or kneel as a sign of deep respect or submission.

In ancient China, people would kowtow before the emperor as a sign of respect.

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Bad / Attack

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trammel - Deprive of freedom of action

After the dictator took power, he passed a set of laws that completely trammeled the people's freedom by throwing them in jail if they tried to speak their mind.

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Bad / Small

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scanty - Small or insufficient in quantity or amount

The detective persisted in his investigation even though he only had scanty information about what had happened at the crime.

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Bad / Aggressive

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instigate - To cause an event or situation to happen by starting some actions

Fred was a bully in the school yard, and he always seemed to be instigating a fight or some other kind of trouble.

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Bad / Unhappy

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weep - To shed tears

Unable to control their emotions any longer, the mourners at the funeral couldn't help but weep when the pastor spoke of their deceased relative.

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squash - To suppress or stop something forcefully, like an idea or protest.

The manager tried to squash the rumor as it spread quickly through the company.

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Bad / Mistake

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stumble - Trip or momentarily lose one's balance; almost fall

Danny ran too fast and stumbled, spilling his coffee on the floor.