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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Small
adjective
negligible -
A very small amount of something
If you had invested $1600 in stocks in 1978, and added only $100 per month, in 2016 you'd have $500,000, all from that seemingly negligible monthly amount.
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Bad
adjective
notorious -
Famous or well known, typically for some bad quality or deed
Even among violent gangsters, Al Capone was considered the most notorious one of all.
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Aggressive
nounverb noun
snarl -
An act or sound of snarling
Whenever Patty's dog would try to make a snarl at intruders, it ended up looking like a grin.
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Stupid
noun
patsy -
A person who is easily taken advantage of, especially by being cheated or blamed for something
To many conspiracy theorists, Lee Harvey Oswald was simply a patsy who did not work alone when JFK was assassinated.
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Uncomfortable
adjective
queasy -
Nauseated; feeling sick
Kevin felt queasy after eating sushi he bought at the gas station.
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Bad
adjective
crappy -
Of extremely poor quality
The crappy house lacked a foundation and was unliveable.
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Dishonest
noun
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Decoy -
An object made to resemble something else, to lure someone into a trap.
The spies set up a decoy vehicle, that looked the same as their own car, to mislead their pursuers.
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Dishonest
nounverb verb
leech -
To habitually exploit or rely on
The loan shark would leech off of Frank's desperation with absurdly high interest rates.
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Pain
verb
wince -
Give a slight involuntary grimace or shrinking movement of the body out of or in anticipation of pain or distress
Tiger winced as he realized he had hit the ball too far beyond the hole.
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Confused
adjective
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Hazy -
Lacking physical or mental clarity - confused or uncertain.
After waking up from surgery, he felt hazy and disoriented.
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Bad
noun
travesty -
A false, absurd, or distorted representation of something
In our court system, a travesty of justice typically occurs when the little guy goes against powerful interests and loses.
