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Resiliency
Noun |
The ability to recover strength, spirits, or good humor quickly
She had the resiliency to recover her strength faster than anyone else (in the world). Parentheses around words or phrases that add information or make an idea clearer. |
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Embittered
Adjective |
Made resentful or sad; aggravated
Annie, you really made me embittered when you took my designer purse without my permission. Comma after the name of a person to whom someone is speaking. |
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Coddling
Verb |
Treating someone tenderly, such as an infant or an invalid. This term can be used negatively when it is applied to someone who shouldn't be treated this way, such as a healthy adult
Mom: "Come on sweetie. Look at my little boy going into the Dr.'s office" Kid: "Mom, your coddling again." Period after abbreviations |
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Flippantly
Adverb |
Disrectfully
"I am ashmed with you. When you flippantly asked the President of The United States of America for some coffee. You should know a lot better than that." Quotation marks at the beginning and end of a direct quote |
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Rash
Adjective |
Too rash or incautious in acting or speaking
Her rash voice did not make the play auditions, and she walked off the stage sobbing. Comma in the middle of a compound sentence right before the conjuction. |
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Oblivious
Adjective |
Forgetful or unmindful
The oblivious girl forgot to empty the dishwasher after I told her to ten times, instead she's upstairs painting on her wall. Apostraphe in contractions |
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Haggard
Adjective |
Having a worn look, as from sleeplessness, greif, or illness
When my daughter came down stairs this morning she looked terrible! She had bags under her eyes, her hair was all frizzy, and she was yawning like mad. So I said, "darling don't you look haggard this morning?" and she had no clue what I meant Comma to separate two or more words in a list or series. |
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Riveted
Verb |
Fixed or held firmly
My eyes were riveted to the television at 3:00 a.m because a mystery was on and the were just revealing the assisin of J.F.K. Colon between the hour and the minutes in the time of day. |
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Nauseous
Adjective |
Feeling sickness of the stomach; feeling disgusted
I was so nauseous that I felt like I was going to vomit all over the house. In my sister's room, in the bathroom, the kitchen, even in the basement! Apostraphe to indicate posession |
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Fathom
Verb |
To get to the bottom of; to undderstand thoroughly
I can't fathom the reason the eruption occured in my house, but in no other place. Comma in the middle of a compound sentence right before the conjuction. |
