noun

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Bad / Small

morsel - A small piece or amount of food; a mouthful

Calvin was so hungry that even a morsel of food would have satisfied him.

verb

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Bad / Dishonest

foist - To Impose an unwelcome situation on someone.

Barry didn't really want Steve to stay over, but Steve claimed he had no other place to stay, so Steve managed to foist himself on Barry because of Barry's natural good nature.

verb

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Bad / Attack

scorch - To burn the surface of something with flame or heat

Nancy couldn't walk barefoot outside because the summer heat had scorched the pavement.

noun

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Bad / Hurt

scuffle - A short, confused fight or struggle at close quarters

Both teams engaged in a violent scuffle before the referees broke it up.

verb

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Bad / Angry

seethe - To be filled with intense but unexpressed anger.

Jerry seethed with anger when he found out that he was the only person in his class that wasn't invited to the party.

verb

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Other / Sound

Url

babble - To talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way.

Monica worked at home, and sometimes her 1 year old Charlie sat in her lap, and he babbled away about all sorts of things that she didn’t understand.

noun

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Bad / Delay

Url

obstacle - Something that blocks your way so that movement or progress is prevented or made more difficult.

Bill wanted to become a doctor, but a major obstacle that made that goal difficult was that he hated studying.

noun

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Bad / Boring

prattle - Foolish or inconsequential talk

Instead of being left in peace, Charlie was subject to the endless prattle of his seat mate.

verb

See noun

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Good / Happy

giggle - Laugh lightly in a nervous, affected, or silly manner

Carrie giggled when she heard her favorite knock-knock joke.

verb

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Good / Friendly

Url

chatter - Talk rapidly or incessantly about trivial matters

Every morning, the employees would chatter about the weather around the water cooler.

verb

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Bad / Aggressive

squelch - To inhibit or suppress

The press secretary firmly denied and squelched the false rumors about the president's policy.

verb

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Other / Wet

ripple - Form or flow with undulating waves on the water's surface.

The surface of the lake rippled as a result of the evening wind.

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