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Odyssey
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long adventurous journey
voyage, pilgrimage roaming, peregrination |
many families take an odyssey through the west to see the Grand Canyon.
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Protean
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readily changing form or character
changable, versatile, variable, mutable |
Jackie Robinson was a protean athlete, excelling in many sports.
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fiasco
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Complete failure, ridiculus, disaster, debacle
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A baker whose cake falls is ruined and produces a fiasco.
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idosyncracsy
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quirk, personality, oddity, mannerism, eccentricity
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One of my dad's idiosyncrasies is to scratch his head when he is talking on the phone.
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quintess
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perfect example, model of, essense, epitome, paragon
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Micheal Jordon is the quintessential successful athlete.
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rankle
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cause bitterness, hatred, resentment, irritate, fester, anger, irk, vex, peeve, exasperate
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The poor performance of the football players rankled the coach.
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decimate
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destroy or kill a large part of, ravage, slaughter, annihilate, destroy, exterminate
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One poor grade on a writing assignment can desimate an average.
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narcissim
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extreme selflove or self-admiration
egotism, conceit, vanity, self-centeredness |
Jackie on "That 70's Show" is a great illustration of narcissim.
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incumbent
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holder of office or positions, required, obligatory, mandatory, compulsory
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George W. Bush felt incumbent to begin the war in Iraq.
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