beggar -
A person, typically a homeless one, who lives by asking for money or food
The streets in most cities have homeless beggars trying to survive day to day.
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Unfriendly
verb
snigger -
Give a smothered or half-suppressed laugh
After preparing for battle, Captain Picard sniggered when he realized the aliens were not more harmful than a bunch of turtles.
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Delay
adjective
stagnant -
Showing no activity; dull and sluggish
In the last few decades, the income of the richest 10% has increased while that of the bottom 90% has remained stagnant.
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Aggressive
adjective
scrappy -
Determined, argumentative, or pugnacious
Scrappy Doo lived up to his name whenever he would try to start a fight.
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Crazy
adjective
loony -
Crazy or silly
The patients in the mental hospital could be described as loony, but the doctors tried to treat them as normal human beings with normal problems in order to try to help them get better.
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Weak
adjective
frail -
(of a person) weak and delicate
The strongest marriages last even when one spouse is in frail health.
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Dishonest
noun
collusion -
Secret or illegal cooperation or conspiracy, especially in order to cheat or deceive others
The secretive group gathered in an act of collusion to influence the presidential election.
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Small
adjective
puny -
Small and weak
The puny man had no chance against the bodybuilder, but he decided to give it a shot anyway.
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Dangerous
noun
dilemma -
A situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, especially equally undesirable ones
Life is filed with dilemmas, often leading to no good outcome.
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Stupid
verb
blather -
Talk long-windedly without making very much sense
Sally would blather on about pointless topics until people just walked away from her.
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Unhappy
adjective
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Jarring -
Causing a sudden, unpleasant, or shocking effect.
The loud and suddent fire alarm was jarring in the otherwise quiet neighborhood.
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Disorganized
noun
morass -
An area of muddy ground - or a complicated or confused situation.
By 1968 the US involvement in Vietnam had become a morass that no one seemed to know how to exit.
