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adjective

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Bad / Small

spotty - Having a poor and inconsistent performance record.

Bill ran on the issue of improving the environment, because he knew that the current administration had a spotty record on this issue.

verb

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Other / Up+Down

stagger - To walk or move unsteadily, as if about to fall

After drinking all night at the bar, Omar staggered all the way home.

adjective

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Good / New
Url

spontaneous - Happening extremely quickly, starting in a single moment

When Doris heard the living room window smash, her spontaneous reaction was to run out of the back door with her cell phone and call the police.

adjective

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Bad / Afraid

spooky - An eerie or ghostly atmosphere that causes feelings of fear.

Eric regretted his ghost-hunting expedition with friends because he felt cold shivers when they went into the spooky old building.

adjective

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Good / Big

sprawling - Spread out over a large area.

Sunshine Acres was a sprawling housing development of hundreds of houses over an very large area.

adjective

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Bad / Delay

stagnant - Showing no activity; dull and sluggish

In the last few decades, the income of the richest 10% has increased while that of the bottom 90% has remained stagnant.

adjective

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Good / Calm

staid - Sedate, respectable, and unadventurous

Jill liked Bob, but she really wanted someone more dynamic and exciting, and Jill just couldn't see herself spending the rest of her life with someone so staid and kind of boring.

noun

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Other / Wet

spurt - A sudden and forceful gush of water.

People watched the spurt of water coming from the geyser against the picturesque sky.

verb

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Other / Wet

sprinkle - Scatter or pour small drops or particles of a substance over (an object or surface)

The chef sprinkled salt over the meat before cooking it.

adjective

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Bad / Delay

stagnate - Cease developing; become inactive or dull

The stagnating economy had left workers nervous about keeping their jobs.

verb

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Good / New

sprout - (of a plant) put forth shoots

Starting from a seed, the plant sprouted out of the ground.

adjective

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Bad / Mistake

spurious - False and incorrect

The teacher showed Max that his scientific conclusions were wrong because they were based on spurious facts and logic.