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Good / Love

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amorous - Having strong feelings of love, especially romantic love

They chose Paris as a place to spend their honeymoon, to spend an amorous week to start their marriage together.

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Bad / Small

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anecdote - A short, often funny story, especially about something someone has done

His son enjoyed listening to his father tell anecdotes about the travels that he did in his 20's.

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Good / Successful

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aristocratic - Belonging to a class of people who are at the highest level of society.

The prince commanded great respect because of his aristocratic manner.

verb

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Bad / Hostile

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antagonize - To cause someone to become hostile or angry.

When he met someone new, he was honest about his political point of view though he knew there was a risk it would antagonize the other person.

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Other / Light

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aura - The distinctive atmosphere or quality that seems to surround and be generated by a person, thing, or place.

She was immediately attracted to the aura of light and peace that seemed to emanate from him, though she realized this required validation and investigation.

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Bad / Confused

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arbitrary - Based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system

She felt that when the judges chose her competitor as winner of the debate, that the decision was totally arbitrary, and didn't recognize how well she had really done.

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Bad / War

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arsenal - A collection or supply of weapons or tools used for a specific purpose.

The country kept a large arsenal of all kinds of weapons ready in case of war.

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Good / Good

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authentic - Genuine or real, not fake or copied.

In her novels about New York in the early 20th century, Beverly tried to make the scenes and characters feel authentic and real, so that readers could emotionally identify with them.

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Bad / Confused

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amnesia - A total or partial loss of memory

When the criminal was interrogated by the police about the crime, he pretended he had amnesia.

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Bad / Dislike

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aversion - Feeling a strong dislike of something or someone, resulting in an unwillingness to do something.

Because he has an aversion to exercize of all kinds, he started gaining more weight than he wanted.

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Good / Exciting

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astounding - Very surprising or shocking; causing amazement.

The scientist worked hard, and ended up making an astounding discovery that could change medicine forever.

verb

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Bad / Attack

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assault - To attack someone violently

The judge gave Nick a sentence of 5 years in jail for assaulting a policeman with a metal stick.