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puzzling - Difficult to explain or understand

Scientists still find it puzzling how the universe started from nothing in a 'big bang'.

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lament - To mourn or grieve for someone or something lost.

She lamented the loss of her childhood home after it was demolished.

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Bad / Weak

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collapse - When something breaks and falls down.

The collapse of negotiations between management and labor caused the strike to begin, and there was no telling how long it would last.

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Bad / Mistake

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dud - A thing that fails to work properly or is otherwise unsatisfactory or worthless

The firework turned out to be a dud when it landed back on the ground.

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Bad / Hostile

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confront - To deal directly with a problem or difficult situation or person.

Instead of avoiding the issue, he chose to confront it head-on.

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pout - To push one's lips or one's bottom lip forward as an expression of displeasure or annoyance.

When Kate's parents told her they didn't have time to go to the circus, she pouted.

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puncture - A sharp or sudden blow or impact, often causing damage to something like a tire, balloon, or container.

She noticed a puncture in her tire after driving over a sharp object on the road.

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scourge - A person or thing that causes great trouble or suffering

For at least half the country, Donald Trump is a scourge that can't be avoided.

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stupefy - To surprise, tire, bore, or shock somebody, resulting in their being unable to think clearly.

When I read about how Larry Ellison built up Oracle into a powerhouse, I am stupefied, and find it hard to understand how he did it.

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Bad / Crazy

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catatonic - Appearing to be in a daze or stupor; unresponsive, not moving or reacting.

His experiment with psychodelics left him in a catatonic state where he showed almost no emotion, and it that took years for him to recover.

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repudiate - To refuse to accept that something is valid.

As early as the 1960's, he repudiated the claims that cigarettes were good to smoke and relaxing.

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shortcoming - A fault or weakness that makes someone or something less successful or effective than they should be.

Andrew Carnegie didn't look at his poverty growing up as a shortcoming, and it didn't stop him from becoming the richest man in the world.