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Roundabout - Describing a way of doing something that is not straightforward, often involving detours, twists, or delays.

She gave a roundabout explanation when asked about her plans, avoiding a direct answer and making it difficult to understand her true intentions.

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Good / Beautiful

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slender - Attractively thin

If a person can't lose weight, at least they can wear clothes that make them look more slender.

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Good / Successful

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Miraculous - So fortunate and amazing that it happens as if by a miracle.

How they survived for a month lost in the moutains in the winter was miraculous.

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Bad / Crazy

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loony - Crazy or silly

The patients in the mental hospital could be described as loony, but the doctors tried to treat them as normal human beings with normal problems in order to try to help them get better.

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glib - (of words or the person speaking them) fluent and voluble but insincere and shallow

Barry was a glib person who pretended to be interested in other people even though he didn't really care about them.

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rigorous - Extremely thorough, exhaustive, or accurate

Before being sent to battle, military members must go through rigorous training in boot camp.

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Bad / Unfriendly

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jilted - Suddenly reject or abandon (a lover)

The wedding was ruined once the jilted bride realized the groom wasn't coming.

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Good / Busy

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industrious - To work very hard

The sociologist Max Weber said that the success of a society depended on workers being industrious.

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Good / Strong

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sturdy - Strong and solid and unlikely to break

The family built a tree house that proved to be very sturdy even during storms

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Bad / Weak

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downtrodden - Oppressed or treated badly by people in power

The downtrodden homeless man tried to survive on the harsh streets of the city.

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incredulous - (of a person or their manner) unwilling or unable to believe something

Even while the news interviewed him holding his giant check, Jake was still incredulous that he had won the lottery.

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Ponderous - Slow and heavy in movement or thought; lacking lightness or grace; dull or overly serious.

The ponderous lecture on quantum physics had everyone in the room struggling to stay awake.