dismay -
A strong feeling of disappointment about something unexpected and hard to fix
After the market plunged by 10%, the news networks showed Wall Street traders feeling dismay.
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1166 of2007 Good /
New
noun
thingamajig -
Used to refer to something whose name one has forgotten, does not know, or does not wish to mention
Cherie didn't know anything about cars, so she would frequently ask the mechanic, "What does that thingamajig do?"
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1167 of2007 Bad /
Attack
adjective
malicious -
Characterized by malice; intending or intended to do harm
The malicious serial killer hunted down his victims because he wanted revenge for what they had done to him.
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1168 of2007 Other /
Sound
nounverb noun
squawk -
A loud, harsh or discordant noise made by a bird or a person
A seagull's squawk is a common sound in beachside areas.
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1169 of2007 Bad /
Disorganized
noun
morass -
An area of muddy ground - or a complicated or confused situation.
By 1968 the US involvement in Vietnam had become a morass that no one seemed to know how to exit.
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1170 of2007 Bad /
Disorganized
adjective
slipshod -
(typically of a person or method of work) characterized by a lack of care, thought, or organization
The workers who were hired to build the house were cheaper, but their work was slipshod, incomplete, and dangerous.
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1171 of2007 Bad /
Disorganized
adjective
Picture
Circuitous -
Longer than the most direct way; roundabout.
Her answer was so circuitous that I forgot what the original question was.
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1172 of2007 Bad /
Bad
adjective
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abysmal -
A deplorable, poor or inferior state.
The living conditions in the slums were abysmal because the shelters were unsafe and there were no services to provide clean water and remove waste.
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1173 of2007 Good /
Friendly
nounverb noun
gab -
Talk; chatter
In the typical workplace, employees engage in gab with each other around the water cooler.
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1174 of2007 Good /
Friendly
nounverb verb
gab -
Talk, typically at length, about trivial matters
Having no use for small talk, Robert would roll his eyes as soon as the people around him would gab endlessly.
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1175 of2007 Good /
Strong
noun
Picture
bulwark -
A defensive wall
The soldiers had planned to attack, but the bulwark fortification that the enemy had built around themselves was too high to climb, and there didn't seem to be any way over, around, or through.
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1176 of2007 Bad /
Dirty
adjective
raunchy -
Earthy, vulgar, and often sexually explicit
The male strippers were a raunchy act that offended the sensibilities of some of the town's citizens.
