slime -
A sticky liquid substance that is unpleasant to touch
When Arnold brought his box of snails to class, few people wanted to touch them because of the slime in the box and on their shells
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1118 of2007 Bad /
Bad
adjective
crappy -
Of extremely poor quality
The crappy house lacked a foundation and was unliveable.
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1119 of2007 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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1120 of2007 Other /
Desire
verb
crave -
To have a very strong feeling of wanting something, even desperately
After Les was assigned to the computer room night shift, he found he couldn't sleep during the day, and he craved eight hours of uninterrupted sleep.
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1121 of2007 Good /
Strong
nounverb verb
boost -
Help or encourage (something) to increase or improve
Pete bought ten lottery tickets instead of one because he figured that would boost his chances of winning.
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1122 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.
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1123 of2007 Other /
Body
noun
spasm -
A sudden involuntary muscular contraction or convulsive movement, that is sometimes painful
After strenuous exercise, painful muscle spasms can occur in the body.
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1124 of2007 Good /
New
adjective
newfangled -
Different from what one is used to; objectionably new
Ruth just wanted to see the newest pictures of her grandson, but she couldn't figure out this newfangled thing called e-mail.
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1125 of2007 Bad /
Strange
noun
riff-raff -
Disreputable or undesirable people
Molly dreaded walking past the homeless riff-raff after shopping at the luxury store.
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1126 of2007 Bad /
Mistake
verb
blurt -
Say (something) suddenly and without careful consideration
Xavier felt embarrassed when he blurted out the answer before hearing the whole question.
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1127 of2007 Bad /
Stupid
noun
lackey -
A servant, especially a liveried footman or manservant
The king would assign small tasks to his lackey because others considered such work to be beneath him, and he knew it wouldn't look right if he did such things himself.
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1128 of2007 Good /
Big
adjective
marathon -
Referring to an activity that takes a long time and a great deal of effort
After the company's computers crashed, 30 programmers worked together in a 15 hour marathon debugging session to get the computers up and running again.
