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Good / Happy

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kidding - Joking around in a light-hearted way.

When he gave her a ring and asked her to marry him, her first impulse was to say to him, 'I hope you're not kidding'.

verb

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Other / Move

engulf - To surround something completely

After the accident, a minute after Dan got out of the car, the car was engulfed in flames.

verb

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Bad / Attack

rampage - (especially of a large group of people) rush around in a violent and uncontrollable manner

The wild elephant rampaged through the town, knocking over motorcycles and cars.

adjective

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Other / Fast

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breakneck - Extremely risky or likely to cause harm due to speed or pressure.

The bikers raced downhill at breakneck speed, barely in control.

verb

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Bad / Attack

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assault - To attack someone violently

The judge gave Nick a sentence of 5 years in jail for assaulting a policeman with a metal stick.

noun

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Good / Exciting

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adventure - An unusual, exciting, and sometimes hazardous experience or activity.

He liked traveling, meeting new people, and seeing new places, and he was always ready to go on his next adventure.

adjective

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Good / Strong

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formidable - Inspiring fear or respect as a result being impressively powerful, intense, or capable.

Though he had big investors for his AI startup, he knew he had to overcome formidable competition against dozens of competing companies.

noun

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Bad / Disgusting

stink - A strong unpleasant smell; a stench

Glenn sprayed air freshener around the room to remove the stink of garlic.

adjective

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Bad / Confused

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incomprehensible - Impossible or extremely difficult to understand

Albert Camus' novel The Stranger is about a man's incomprehensible murder of a stranger seemingly for no reason.

adjective

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Bad / Attack

insidious - Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects

The effects of climate change are so insidious that they're not noticeable until polar bears have less ice to live on.

adjective

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Good / Love

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infatuated - Having an intense but often short-lived passion or admiration for someone.

Max was infatuated with the woman he met at the party, and sent her a new poem every day.

verb

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Bad / War

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annihilate - To totally destroy

The atom bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima annihilated the city.