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Abruptly: The wind abruptly caught the umbrella. |
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Mollified: The pacifier mollified the baby. |
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bindle: The hobo carried his bindle over his shoulder. |
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A sack to carry belongings in. |
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pugnacious: The boxer was pugnacious. |
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morose: When her dog died, the little girl was morose for months. |
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unhappy, depressed, gloomy |
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majesty: Slim moved with majesty |
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attractive with graceful movements |
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Apprehensive: The boy was apprehensive as he approached the Principal's office. |
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Archly: The thief archly planned to steal the jewelry. |
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Bridled: Curly bridled at what George said. |
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Complacently: He complacently picked up the money off the table. |
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contorted: The Joker's face contorted into a strange grin. |
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Derogatory: The student said derogatory things about the teacher. |
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Dousing: The fireman gave the house a good dousing with the water hose. |
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Flounced: The girl flounced out of the room. |
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Gravity: He didn't realize the gravity of the situation until the cops came. |
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Grizzled: The old man had a grizzled beard. |
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Intently: She stared intently at the sky looking for a falling star. |
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laden: The shopper was laden with packages as she walked to her car. |
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Liniment: The vet put liniment on the horse's sore leg. |
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soothing balm or salve, type of medicine you rub on |
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ominously: The thunder crashed ominously before the rain started. |
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threateningly, in a way that sounds scary or evil |
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Plaintively: The teenager plaintively begged to go with his friends to the game. |
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Precede: Thunder precedes lightning in a storm. |
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scoff: The bully scoffed at his latest victim. |
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scowled: The techer scowled when Jim wouldn't stop talking in class. |
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scrappy: When Amy was in a bad mood her mom said she was scrappy because she liked to argue. |
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quarrelsom, argumentative |
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skeptically: Mr. Smith looked at the student skeptically when he was told the dog had ate the student's homework. |
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slough: The snake had to slough off his skin. |
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Vials: The laboratory was full of colorful vials of liquid. |
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