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Resiliency
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Ability to recover strength, spirit, good humor quickly.
Even after the bad grade his resiliency got him to play and laugh about as though nothing had ever happened. |
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Embittered
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Made sad, resentful; aggravated.
After yelling at her father she felt embittered and went to apologize. |
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Coddling
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Treating someone tenderly, such as an infant or invalid.
My grandmother was always coddling my sister. |
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Flippantly
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Disrespectfully.
He was so flippantly to Mrs. Wolff that he got suspended. |
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Rash
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too incautious in acting or speaking.
He was so rash that when it was his turn to speak, he said my lines instead of his own. |
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Oblivious
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forgetful, unmindful.
He was so oblivious during class that later on in the day he had to ask everyone about what they had learned |
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Haggard
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having a worn, sleepless, grief, or ill look.
He looked very haggard when he came to the breakfast table. |
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Riveted
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fixed or held firmly.
He riveted his hands tightly on the handlebar as the rollercoaster began to move |
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Nauseous
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feeling a sickness of the stomach; feeling disgusted.
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Fathom
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to get to the bottom of, to understand.
I finally fathom why he never talks to anyone. |
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prevailed
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triumphed.
I finally prevailed at basketball. |
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warily
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cautiously.
I warily approached the door to the teachers lounge. |
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Bunions
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swellings at the first joints of the big toes.
The bunions on her feet scared me. |
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Sleek
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smooth and shiny.
My dads car felt sleek as my hand rubbed against the paint. |
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Malevolently
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wishing evil or harm.
I could hear him saying malevolent things about the teacher. |
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Sullenly
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showing resentment, ill hummor; sadly, gloomy.
When I asked why Tom walked so sullenly they told me his grandma had died. |
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Audible
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loud enough to be heard.
The teacher had to be audible in order to get the class' attention |
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Nattily
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trimly or smartly in appearance.
The principal looked nattily |
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Triumphantly
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successfully; happily.
He looked very triumphantly after he got his grades back. |
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Languidly
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sluggishly; indifferent; slowly.
He looked weird as he left the store languidly with his bags |
