verb

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Other / Entice

evince - To cause a feeling to reveal itself.

His feeling of charity was evinced each time he saw a poor person on the street, and he responded by giving them some money.

verb

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Bad / Unfriendly

bicker - To argue about things that are petty and unimportant.

Kelly and Joe recognized that the first rule of marriage is to save your arguments for the important issues, and not to bicker over unimportant things.

verb

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Bad / Small

dwindle - To diminish gradually in size, amount, or strength

The dodo bird population dwindled over time before finally going extinct.

verb

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Bad / Unfriendly

squabble - To quarrel noisily over a trivial matter

Calvin and Susie would always squabble over what board game to play.

verb

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Good / Calm

tinker - To attempt to repair or improve something in a casual way, often to no useful effect

Mitch tried to tinker with his computer before realizing that it was more broken that he had thought, and that he had to bring it to the computer store to have a professional repair it.

verb

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Bad / Dangerous

taint - To contaminate or pollute something.

In many third-world countries, tainted water is the only available drinking source despite its unhealthy effects.

verb

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Other / Light

flicker - (of light or a source of light) shine unsteadily; vary rapidly in brightness

The flickering candle did not provide enough light to see what was in the room.

verb

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Other / Body

swaddle - To wrap someone, especially a baby, in garments or cloth

Pam swaddled her baby in cloth to keep him warm.

noun

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Good / Beautiful

Url

bangle - An ornamental band worn round the arm or occasionally the ankle.

In many Middle Eastern, African, and Asian countries there is a tradition to give and wear bangles on special occasions.

noun

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Other / Shape

clod - A lump of earth or clay

Archaeologists dig through the earth to find bones and pottery, though they tend to only come up with clods of dirt.

noun

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Other / Shape

glob - A lump of a semiliquid substance

The pizza dripped with globs of cheese that were still hot.

verb

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Bad / Hurt

bash - To hit hard and forcefully

When George Nash came home from the pub drunk the third time this week, his wife took out a stick and screamed, “I told you that if you came home drunk again that I would bash your head in.”