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(adj) extremely skilled
everyone was stunned by how the normaly clumsy girl could be so adroit at dancing. |
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(adj) friendly
i love to see when exes remain amicable. |
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(adj) against
i believe all people should be averse to the mistreatment of animals. |
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(adj) aggressive
if you hate violence and fighting it would be wise to not be around belligerent people. |
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(adj) helpful, charitable
i try to be benevolent when my friends need help. |
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(adj) quick, superficial
cursory and messy is no a good way to do home work. |
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(noun) deceitfulness, sneaky
the spy's duplicity was one of the things that made him such a cunning spy. |
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(verb) prase highly
i can not extol this movie more highly! |
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(adj) realistic, probable
the truth is its not very feasible your gonna win the lottery. |
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(noun) a facial contortion (verb) to contort your face
the grimace he gave me when he tried my food told me how bad it was |
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(noun) great devastation or destruction, mass slaughter
we all need to do what we can to help stop the holocaust going on in Africa right now. |
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(adj) incapable of being affected
when I dance I am impervious to the world around me, nothing brakes my focus. |
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(noun) a moving force, stimulus
the homeless people I saw on the street was the impetus that cause me to start hellping the needy. |
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(noun) risk or danger
the family didn't know what to do when they found out they were in jeopardy of loseing there home. |
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(adj) precise, thorough; paying close attention to detail
i am meticulous when it comes to cleaning, there can't be one thing out of place. |
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(noun) desire to return to a former time/place; a sentimental yearning
my mom, just like alot of her people her age, still have nostalgia for the 80's. |
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(noun) most perfect embodiment of something
the most important part of making a movie out of a book is to find an actor that is the quintessence of the character. |
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(verb) to go backward, usually to a worse condition
if you stop practicing you will retrogress from the level your at now. |
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(verb) to examine in detail
you should scrutinize the work you do for school, you don't want any silly mistakes. |
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(adj) lukewarm
there is nothing worse then waking up early and taking a shower in tepid water. |
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