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abrasive
• causing damage or wear by rubbing, grinding, or scraping
• very unpleasant or irritating
- The chair legs created an ∼ mark on the wall along the stairs.
- Everybody in the office resents her ∼ attitude.
bar
• a building or room where a particular food or drink is served
• a straight piece of metal, wood, etc., that is used as a tool, as part of a structure, or to keep people from entering or leaving through a door or window
- There's a chinese food ∼ beside the swimming pool.
- The gorilla is clenching his fists on the ∼.
- She finally lowered the ∼ of an ideal boyfriend after many unsuccessful attempts in the dating world.
blank slate
• someone or something that is still in an original state and that has not yet been changed by people, experiences, etc.
- I'm a ∼ looking for work.
cutoff
• the act of stopping the movement or supply of something
• the time when something must be done or completed
- They threatened a ∼ of our electricity if we didn't pay for it before the end of the month.
- The ∼ for the assignment submission is July 20th.
dead meat
• a person or thing that is certain to fail, suffer, or be punished
- You'll be ∼ if mom finds out about this.
deficit
• an amount (such as an amount of money) that is less than the amount that is needed
- The budget set on infrastructure is experiencing a ∼ of $2 milliion.
denounce
• to publicly state that someone or something is bad or wrong : to criticize (someone or something) harshly and publicly
- I really hope many people will open their eyes and ∼ the people behind these radical movements as pushy and destructive to the fabric of society.
dredge
• to remove mud from the bottom of (a lake, river, etc.) in order to deepen it or to search for something
- Somebody opened a mysterious portal to another world while ∼ the surface of the lake.
- He deliberately ∼ up the rift between his girlfriend and her sister to evoke resentful feelings from her.
excursion
• a short trip especially for pleasure
- Our dad took us on an ∼ to go skydiving because he saw how bored to death we were on the weekend.
extravagant
• more than is usual, necessary, or proper
• very expensive and not necessary
- The principal ordered their marketers to churn out ∼ advertisements for the wider promotion of the school.
- After winning the lottery, Tony embarked on ∼ trips to European countries.
haphazard
• having no plan, order, or direction
- We had one thoroughly enjoyable day in Roma, but in Milan, we just did some ∼ sightseeing.
instinctive
• based on feelings or desires that do not come from thinking or learning
- My ∼ reaction to hearing his wife's pregnancy was uttering "Congratulations!"
intuitive
• having the ability to know or understand things without any proof or evidence
• based on or agreeing with what is known or understood without any proof or evidence
• easily and quickly learned or understood
- An ∼ individual would say that it's impossible to become a doctor without having never attended medical school.
- We all possess ∼ understanding that leaving a small fire can eventually burn down your house.
- This chapter of the subject is rather ∼.
jeer
• to shout insulting words at someone : to laugh at or criticize someone in a loud and angry way
- The left section of the audience ∼ Daniel for refusing their request for elaboration on his tax answer.
leisure
• time when you are not working : time when you can do whatever you want to do
- I usually surf social media and play a mobile game in my ∼.
lucid
• very clear and easy to understand
- I love her ∼ style of storytelling.
- People are not ∼ when they get drunk.
showpiece
• something that is seen as an excellent or outstanding example of something
- The ∼ of this year's exhibit will be a masterpiece of a young painter who drew a daring representation of poverty.
- Iphones are always a ∼ to people of the lower class.
sneer
• to express dislike and a lack of respect for someone or something in a very open way
- My coworker, who sits next to me, once ∼ at my first-day outfit.
surplus
• an amount (such as an amount of money) that is more than the amount that is needed
- The government should allocate that ∼ of $1.5 million for poverty.
unwind
• to move the end of something (such as a piece of string) that is wound in a roll, coil, etc., so that it becomes straight
• to relax and stop thinking about work, problems, etc.
- I ∼ the thread around my finger.
- My coworkers and I usually down a couple of beers to ∼ after work.
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