noun

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Bad / Steal

audio

mugger - A person who attacks and robs another in a public place

Darlene thought she was safe walking on a public street in broad daylight until a mugger ran off with her purse.

verb

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Bad / Powerless

audio

pander - To provide what someone wants or demands even though it is not proper, good, or reasonable.

With his lead in the polls dwindling, the candidate pandered to his voters by offering them crazy promises.

verb

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Good / Flexible

Url audio

confess - To admit that you have done something wrong.

After 10 hours of interregation, the criminal finally confessed to the crime.

adjective

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Bad / Small

audio

minuscule - Very small, tiny or microscopic.

The dwarf tomato was so minuscule that one would struggle to cut it with a knife, let alone find it in a salad.

noun

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Good / Pleasure

audio

nostalgia - A sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations

While watching her family's old home movies, Mary was filled with a sense of nostalgia.

noun

See verb

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Good / Happy

audio

guffaw - A very loud and hearty laugh

When Pete told a joke to the other men around the pot belly stove in the general store, they let out a guffaw of laughter.

adjective

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Bad / Powerless

Url audio

subservient - Willing to obey others unquestioningly; submissive.

Because he let others boss him around and treat him in a subservient manner, he really didn't enjoy life.

adjective

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Good / Smart-Adj

Url audio

clairvoyant - Having the supposed ability to perceive things beyond normal human senses, especially future events (psychic).

Her clairvoyant instincts helped her predict the outcome of the business deal.

noun

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Bad / Bad

audio

woe - Great sorrow or distress

Young Billy always felt woe at school whenever the bullies would pick on him.

verb

See noun

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Other / Shape

Url audio

cluster - To stand or be positioned close together in a group.

Reporters clustered on both sides of the aisle as the celebrity entered the building.

noun

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Other / Shape

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tangent - A subject or activity that is a change in direction, and different than the one you had been doing.

The police tried to focus the only witness to the crime, but he kept going off on tangents about irrelevant topics.

verb

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Other / Squeeze

audio

cling - (of a person or animal) To hold on tightly to

The small child would cling to her mother to avoid getting separated from her.