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Other / Move

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whirl - Move or cause to move rapidly around and around

The tornado whirled towards the town, soon to leave destruction in its wake.

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Other / Squeeze

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scrub - Rub (someone or something) hard so as to clean them, typically with a brush and water.

Scrubbing your tub with cleaning solution on a regular basis will keep it clean.

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Other / Stop

audio

stuck - Unable to move.

Marvin felt stuck in his low paying job, but he had a bit of hope that someday things would open up and change for the better.

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crunch - To crush (a hard or brittle foodstuff) with the teeth, making a loud but muffled grinding sound

Chips of any kind, whether potato or tortilla, will always involve people crunching them.

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Other / Stop

audio

curtail - To stop, reduce or limit something.

Tripling the fine for speeding was successful in curtailing the number of traffic accidents caused by speeding.

noun

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Other / Sound

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sizzle - A hissing sound, as of food frying or cooking

The sizzle of hot dogs on the grill is a familiar sound on Memorial Day weekend.

verb

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Other / Wet

audio

drizzle - Rain lightly

The rain drizzled onto his windshield, but not enough for him to turn on the wipers.

adjective

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Other / Inward

audio

vain - Having or showing an excessively high opinion of one's appearance, abilities, or worth

As an extremely vain man, Pete would constantly check his appearance in the mirror for imperfections.

adjective

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sobering - Serving as a reminder of harsh reality, often reducing excitement or joy.

It was a sobering moment when he realized how much money he had wasted because of his gambling addiction.

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Other / Other

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rustic - Relating to the countryside; rural

Lenny couldn't wait to get out of the city and visit his relatives in the rustic countryside.

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Other / Body

audio

twitch - A short, sudden jerking or convulsive movement

There was a twitch in Sam's eye when a mosquito flew near it.

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Other / Slowly

audio

slog - To move with determination against difficult obstacles

After their boat got stuck in the swamp, Anne, Joyce, and Mary climbed out and slogged through the swamp for an hour before they got to solid land.