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Aloof |
distant emotionally or physically Amy knew her boyfriend would dump her after he appeared to be aloof at the high school dance. |
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Apprehensive. |
uneasy or fearful about something that might happen Geronimo knew that the mixed signals he was sending were making Amy apprehensive about their relationship. |
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Asset. |
a useful or valuable quality, person, or thing an advantage or resource Geronimo's facial expressions were an asset to Amy because they gave away everything he was thinking and feeling. |
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Contempt. |
the feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean, vile, or worthless As captain of the football team, Geronimo couldn't help but feel contempt towards Amy when she dropped off the cheerleading team. |
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Creadily |
Willing to believe or trust to readily Amy had a history of being too credulous when it came to taking her friends' advice. |
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Elude |
To avoid or escape by speed, cleverness, trickery Geronimo spent the entire time at the dance trying to elude Amy's friends. |
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Loping |
to move or run with a long easy stride Amy burst into tears when she saw Geronimo loping towards his football friends truck without having said goodbye. |
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Premonition. |
a feeling of anticipation of or anxiety over a future event Amy had a premonition that she and Geronimo would be over before the end of the night. |
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Savvy. |
to know or understand Amy texted Geronimo to ask what was going on, but he wasn't to savvy when it came to technology. |
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Unfathomable |
difficult or impossible to understand Geronimo never texted back, he left the unfathomable news on her home answering machine: Geronimo was breaking up with Amy because he liked the new captain of the cheerleading team. OH NO!!! |
