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Good / Exciting

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engrossing - Something so interesting that it takes your entire attention

Bill found the movie so engrossing, that when it was over it took him a minute to remember where he was.

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Other / Inward

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taciturn - Reserved or uncommunicative in speech.

The taciturn boy rarely spoke, even to his friends.

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Other / Inward

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chintzy - Stingy and not willing to spend money, or cheap material

Brad was so chintzy when it came to spending money for clothes, that he hadn't bought a new shirt or pants for 10 years.

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Bad / Bad

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infamous - Well known for some bad quality or deed

Willie Sutton is infamous for saying that he robbed banks because 'That's where the money is'.

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Bad / Strange

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cryptic - Having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure

When the lost settlement of Roanoke was discovered, the only indication that something strange had happened was a cryptic sign carved into a tree.

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Good / Love

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amorous - Having strong feelings of love, especially romantic love

They chose Paris as a place to spend their honeymoon, to spend an amorous week to start their marriage together.

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Other / Wet

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soggy - Wet and soft

Sasha was left with soggy cereal after she poured too much milk in the bowl.

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Bad / Small

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skimpy - (of clothes) short and revealing

Ami's father said firmly that he wouldn't letter her go to the beach in the skimpy bathing suit she had just bought.

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Bad / Dishonest

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unscrupulous - Behaving in a way that is dishonest or unfair in order to get what you want

Jack climbed to the top of the management tree, but his unscrupulous methods meant that he had more enemies than friends when he got there.

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Other / Surprise

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unthinkable - So out of the ordinary that it cannot be imagined as possible

When Genghis Khan was born in 1162, it was unthinkable that someone from his nomadic tribe could conquer most of the known world - but that is what he did.

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Bad / Pain

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humiliated - To feel ashamed after someone embarrasses you in front of others.

When Jim revealed to everyone at the party that Marty hadn't even finished 6th grade, Marty felt humiliated.

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Bad / Small

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meager - (of something provided or available) lacking in quantity or quality

Most Americans have meager retirement savings and will need to work well into their older years.