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fetish - A form of desire in which gratification is linked to a particular object, item of clothing, part of the body, etc

The book "Fifty Shades of Grey" popularized the fetish of women submitting themselves to men.

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fairytale - A children's story about magical and imaginary beings and lands; or something that is too good to be true or seems unreal.

He told a fairytale about how he got the job, but no one believed him, and people suspected that he had a relative in management.

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outcast - A person who has been rejected by society or a social group

Brent felt like an outcast when his friends refused to speak to him anymore, as a result of his being outspoken about his political opinions that were so different from theirs.

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alien - Someone who is strange, different, foreign, and not from 'here'.

When the foreigners tried to integrate with the new country, they were excluded from everyting and just treated like aliens.

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farfetched - Very unlikely to be true, and difficult to believe

Steve Jobs proved all the doubters wrong when he made what they thought were farfetched predictions of success.

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vagabond - A person who wanders from place to place without a home or job

With just a few dollars in his pocket and a rucksack on his back, the vagabond never remained in one place for long.

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tainted - Contaminated or spoiled, often by exposure to something harmful or undesirable.

The laboratory results were tainted due to improper testing procedures.

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eyesore - Something that is very ugly or unpleasant to look at.

That abandoned building has become a real eyesore in the neighborhood.

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absurd - (of an idea or suggestion) wildly unreasonable, illogical, or inappropriate

When Edwin Hubble in 1929 suggested that some of the little dots of light in the sky were other galaxies, many people though the idea was absurd, but he was proven to be correct.

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gaudy - Extravagantly bright or showy, typically so as to be tasteless

The solid-gold interior of Larry's Ferrari was a gaudy touch that he loved, but many others felt it reflected an extreme sense of bad taste

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doozy - Something outstanding or unique of its kind

The wide receiver catching the football with one hand in the final seconds of the game was a real doozy of an event that Barry will remember for a long time.

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gewgaw - A showy thing, especially one that is useless or worthless

Francine valued the weird ring that Tom gave her, even though it was an inexpensive gewgaw - because she felt it showed that he cared about her.