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well-trodden

(tread) a path that many people have walked on; an idea/approach/topic that’s been used a lot before

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sought-after

(seek) wanted by many people and hard to get or find

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good-for-nothing

(nothing) of no use or value

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pipsqueak

(squeak) one that is small or insignificant

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two-timer

(time) someone who betray (a spouse, partner, etc.) by having a relationship with someone else

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oven-ready

(oven) able to be cooked in an oven with no additional preparation

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monotonous

(tone) bland, boring

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rabble-rousers

(rouse) one that stirs up the masses of the people (as to hatred or violence)

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light-bulb moment

(bulb) eureka moment

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cowardice

noun of coward

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touchy-feely

(feel) openly or excessively emotional and personal

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trainspotter

(spot) (slang), detail-obsessed, slightly awkward person/(literal) someone who enjoys trainspotting

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green-fingered

(finger) adept at growing plants

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archetypal

(type) (adj) the most typical, classic, or perfect example of something

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posthumous

(humus) published after the death of the author

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tailor-made

(make) made or fitted especially to a particular use or purpose

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tongue-in-cheek

(cheek) with insincerity, irony, or whimsical exaggeration

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fallacious

(false) tending to deceive or mislead

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touch-and-go

(go) unpredictable as to outcome

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pandemonium

(demon) a wild uproar/ a chaotic situation

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rattle-brained

(brain) foolish, not thinking properly

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feather-brained

(brain) silly, not thinking seriously, kinda airheaded

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scatterbrained

(brain) disorganized, forgetful

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rubberneckers

(neck) people who slow down or stare at something (especially accidents)

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godforsaken/god-awful/goddamn(ed)

(god) informal, often profane intensifiers expressing strong negative emotion

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tree-huggers

(hug) an advocate for the preservation of woodlands

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grandeur/aggrandizement

noun/verb of grand

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dissimilarity

(similarity) antonym of similarity, different or unalike

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incapacitate

(capacity) to disable

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maladjusted

(adjust) poorly or inadequately adjusted

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apolitical

(political) having aversion to/no interest/involvement/ in political affairs

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workaholic

(work) one obsessed with work

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apportion

(portion) to divide and share out according to a plan

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misgivings

(give) a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event

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cold-hearted

(heart) emotionally cold, lacking sympathy

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hard-hearted

(heart) cruel, unwilling to show mercy

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throughput

(put) the amount of work/data a system can process in a given time

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hard-bitten

(bite) (v3) seasoned or steeled by difficult experience/tough

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misapprehend

(apprehensive) to apprehend wrongly

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homebred

(home) produced at home (humans, animals, etc.)

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prefigure

(figure) to picture or imagine beforehand

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interminable

(terminate) having or seeming to have no end

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footing

(foot) a place or position providing a base of operations/foothold

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hypocritical

(critic) characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel

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imperceptibly

(perceptive) extremely slight, gradual, or subtle

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splendor

(splendid) brilliancy

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virtuosity

(virtue) great technical skill

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implacable

(place) unable to be calmed, satisfied, or changed

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innumerable

(number) too many to be numbered/countless

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downpour

(pour) a heavy rain

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foreordained

(ordain) destined or ordained in advance

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emblazoned

(blazon) clearly displayed or marked in a bold, noticeable way

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lifelong

(life) for all life

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ill-health

(health) poor health; a state of being unhealthy

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regain

(gain) to gain (something) anew/recover

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assimilate

(similar) to take into the mind and thoroughly understand/to make similar

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unequivocal

(voice) unambiguous, lucid

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bilabial

(lip) produced with both lips

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counter-intuitively

(intuition) contrary to what one would intuitively expect

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self-righteous

(right) narrow-mindedly moralistic