For many people, the justice system is off-kilter and favors the wealthy over the poor.
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Incentive -
Something that serves as a reason or stimulus for effort or improvement; a reward or motivation that encourages someone to take a specific action.
The company offered a cash incentive to employees who met their sales targets.
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Small
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zilch -
Having nothing
Seth wanted to buy a newspaper, but he had zilch in his wallet.
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Unhappy
noun
funk -
A state of depression
Daryl was in a deep funk after losing his job and girlfriend in the same week.
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Stupid
noun
buffoon -
A ridiculous but amusing person; a clown
With his mismatched clothing and general absentmindedness, Roy was viewed as a harmless buffoon that no one took seriously.
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Body
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noggin -
A person's head
The criminal hit Tintin on the noggin to knock him out before robbing him.
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Calm
noun
hush -
A silence
A hush came over the election-night crowd as the disappointing results came in.
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Shape
noun
shard -
A sharp piece of broken glass, metal, or other hard substance
In his anger, Mike threw the bottle against the wall, and it broke into a thousand dangerous shards.
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Strange
noun
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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Pain
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agony -
Extreme physical or mental suffering
Max was in physical agony as he rode his bicycle up the long mountain trail, but spiritually and emotionally he was in heaven.
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Angry
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grudge -
A persistent feeling of ill will or resentment resulting from a past insult or injury
Emma and Sal held a longstanding grudge against each other and could barely stand to be in the same room, but neither one of them remembered what had caused the grudge.
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honkey -
Usually an uncomplimentary term referring to 'white people'
Blues musicians actually liked the attention and fandom of the honkies who were their followers.
