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493 of 2001
Good / Brave

adjective

gutsy - Showing courage, determination, and spirit

Malala Yousafzai's gutsy attempt to pursue an education despite being attacked by the Taliban is a profile in courage.

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494 of 2001
Bad / Disgusting

adjective

yucky - Messy or disgusting

To the average child, vegetables are considered extremely yucky.

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495 of 2001
Bad / Strange

noun

kluge - An ill-assorted collection of parts assembled to fulfill a particular purpose

Tim wasn't an expert, but he thought the kluge of wires on the floor didn't seem to serve a purpose.

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496 of 2001
Bad / Mistake

nounverb verb

flop - To fail

Sam put his product on Amazon, but when no one bought it, he saw that after all his effort and investment that it was going to flop.

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497 of 2001
Bad / Weak

adjective

mediocre - Having poor to average quality.

Francine felt that most of the men she dated were just mediocre, and she was waiting to find someone she felt was great.

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498 of 2001
Bad / Unhappy

nounverb verb

yelp - Utter a short sharp cry of pain or alarm

The football player yelped in pain after spraining his ankle.

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499 of 2001
Other / Move

verb

flutter - To move up and down or from side to side with short, quick, light movements

Sam was amazed at the beauty of thousands of butterflies fluttering their wings in what was called Butterfly Valley.

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500 of 2001
Other / Entice

adjective

spellbound - To hold one's complete attention, as if in a spell

The Jones family were spellbound by the wonder of Disneyworld.

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501 of 2001
Other / Sound

adjective

mute - Being silent

When Betty asked her boss if she could expect a raise in the next year, his mute response implied that the answer was 'No'.

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502 of 2001
Other / Other

adjective

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abrupt - Sudden and unexpected, often in an unpleasant way

The company was not succeeding, mostly because the CEO kept abruptly changing the goals of where the company should be heading, and the methods for achieving those goals.

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503 of 2001
Other / Move

verb

erupt - To explode suddenly after forces can't be held back any longer

After rumbling for a week, the volcano erupted spewing forth rivers of lava

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504 of 2001
Other / Wet

verb

seep - (of a liquid) flow or leak slowly through porous material or small holes

In the house Ron needed to renovate, water had seeped through the walls.