singe -
To damage something just enough to cause slight harm, especially through exposure to heat or fire.
She accidentally singed her hair while cooking dinner and had to trim a bit off.
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bawl -
To cry loudly and uncontrollably.
When my baby starts to bawl, I go through my trusty checklist: is he hungry, tired, teething, or have a bad diaper?
adjective
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Weak
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impressionable -
Easily influenced by somebody or something, usually due to being inexperienced or naïve.
Because children tend to be very impressionable, their use of the internet should be monitored, so that they are kept away form undesirble influences.
adjective
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Weak
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frail -
(of a person) weak and delicate
The strongest marriages last even when one spouse is in frail health.
verb
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Mistake
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squander -
To waste something, such as money or time, in a reckless and foolish manner
Many lottery winners end up squandering their fortune and returning to their life of poverty.
verb
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sully -
To damage the purity or integrity of something; to defile.
Martha spread rumors about Anne, and even though it came out later that the rumors were false, the damage had been done and Anne's reputation was sullied.
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mawkish -
Sentimental in a feeble or sickly way
James confessed his crush on Elisa in such a mawkish way that it turned her off and made her uncomfortable.
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Dangerous
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casualty -
A person killed or injured in a war or accident.
Though many people were injured when the bus crashed, thankfully there were no casualties.
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Unhappy
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cranky -
Easily irritated or annoyed
New parents tend to lose sleep because they have to calm their cranky babies.
noun
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collusion -
Secret or illegal cooperation or conspiracy, especially in order to cheat or deceive others
The secretive group gathered in an act of collusion to influence the presidential election.
noun
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alien -
Someone who is strange, different, foreign, and not from 'here'.
When the foreigners tried to integrate with the new country, they were excluded from everything and were just treated like aliens.
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calamity -
An event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; a disaster.
Hurricane Katrina was one of America's worst calamities, causing widespread death and destruction.
