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Good / Successful

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bigwig - A VIP (very important person) or influential decision-maker, often used informally.

Only the bigwigs got access to the exclusive boardroom on the top floor of the company's headquarters.

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Good / Happy

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jubilant - Feeling or expressing great joy, happiness, or triumph.

He was jubilant when he received the news of his promotion.

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Bad / Unfriendly

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barb - A remark that is funny but unkind.

Burt realized that Sam was not really his friend when Sam made several barbed comments directed at Burt at the dinner party.

verb

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Bad / Mistake

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flop - To fail

Sam put his product on Amazon, but when no one bought it, he saw that after all his effort and investment that it was going to flop.

adjective

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Good / Happy

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joyous - Full of happiness and delight; very joyful; bringing or causing great happiness.

Their wedding was a joyous occasion filled with love and laughter.

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Good / Flexible

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feasible - Reasonable or likely to work effectively.

Launching the new app by next month is feasible if we stick to the schedule.

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Other / Entice

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seductive - Very tempting

Because Bill liked travelling so much, he found the offer for the airline job very seductive.

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Good / Big

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humongous - Huge; enormous

Next to the kitten, the Saint Bernard looked humongous.

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Bad / Stupid

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sap - A person who is likely to be taken advantage of, and who does not get respect

Joe was always eager to help others, but others never helped him, and he suspected that they regarded him as a sap that didn't deserve any respect.

noun

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Bad / Disgusting

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belch - The loud noise that comes from gas exiting the stomach through the mouth, usually after eating.

In the middle ages, it was considered good manners to belch after eating a meal at a host’s house.

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Other / Body

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whiff - A smell that is only smelled briefly or faintly

Ted caught a whiff of smoke from a nearby cigarette being lit.

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Other / Move

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pluck - To take hold of something and quickly remove it from its place

In Ralph Waldo Emerson's beautiful poem Forbearance, he suggests that it is good to appreciate a beautiful flower without plucking it from the ground.