noun

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Other / Body

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nibble - A small bite of something, usually food.

Jim was on a diet, and he had to be satisfied by just taking a nibble out of some small carrots for lunch.

adjective

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Good / Happy

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uplifted - Feeling happy and full of hope.

At the end of the concert we were totally uplifted by the amazing music and performance.

noun

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Good / Friendly

nod - An act of nodding the head

A nod is a universally understood gesture to indicate agreement or approval.

noun

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Bad / Disorganized

gobbledygook - Language that is meaningless or is made unintelligible by excessive use of abstruse technical terms; nonsense

For tourists who don't speak the native language, it can seem like a bunch of gobbledygook.

noun

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Bad / Dangerous

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beast - Something or somebody very difficult or unpleasant to deal with.

He acted like a beast when he lost his temper, and shouted at the top of his lungs and threw dishes.

verb

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Good / Exciting

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wonder - To feel curiosity or doubt about something; to question or inquire about something, often with a sense of awe or amazement.

When she saw the magician perform his final trick with the glass ball, she couldn't stop wondering how he did the trick.

noun

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Other / Sound

grunt - A low, short guttural sound made by an animal or a person

The weightlifter let out a loud grunt before lifting the bar off of the ground.

adjective

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Bad / Bad

dire - (of a situation or event) extremely serious or urgent

Finding survivors under the earthquake's rubble was a dire situation.

adjective

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Good / Smart-Adj

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punctual - On time; arriving or happening at exactly the time that has been arranged.

If you don't want to miss a train, you have to be punctual in arriving at the train station, and not be even a minute late.

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Bad / Disgusting

odious - Extremely unpleasant; repulsive.

Mary felt that cleaning the bathroom was a particularly odious task.

verb

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Bad / Dangerous

loom - To appear as a dangerous event that might happen in the near future

Joe looked at the economic data, and could sense a recession looming in the near future.

verb

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Other / Light

shimmer - To shine in such a way that the light seems to glow and shake slightly

The soft light of the sun shimmered upon the empty field.