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secluded
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away from people and busy activities, and often hard to reach: a secluded area/beach
vacate
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to leave a room, building, chair, etc. so that it is available for other people: Hotel guests are requested to vacate their rooms by noon. Denis vacates his job at the end of the week.
peer
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to look carefully or with difficulty. The driver was peering into the distance trying to read the road sign.
rummage
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to search for something by moving things around carelessly and looking into, under, and behind them: She rummaged in/through all the drawers, looking for a pen.
sinister
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evil, or suggesting that something evil is going to happen: She has dark, sinister eyes that make you nervous when she looks at you.
menacing
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making you think that someone is going to do something bad: a menacing look/gesture
doze off
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start to sleep, especially during the day: The office was so hot I almost dozed off at my desk.
uncanny
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strange or mysterious, often in a way that is slightly frightening: It was uncanny the way that she always knew what he was thinking.
unhinged
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mentally ill: I sometimes think that your mother is a little unhinged.
can't boil an egg
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Someone who can't boil an egg is unable to cook even the simplest meal.
jar (v)
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to shake or move someone or something unpleasantly or violently: The sudden movement jarred his injured ribs. to disagree or seem wrong or unsuitable: This comment jars with the opinions we have heard expressed elsewhere.
abject
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showing no pride or respect for yourself: an abject apology He is almost abject in his respect for his boss/abject misery, poverty, failure, etc. the state of being extremely unhappy, poor, unsuccessful
grinding
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Something that is grinding causes people or activities to lose energy and spirit: He was brought up in grinding poverty.
fib (v/n)
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a small lie that does not cause any harm: Don't believe him - he's telling fibs again./I can tell he's fibbing because he's smiling!

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