Rueful (adj) = showing or feeling regret for something done
She gave him a rueful smile and apologized after she had slapped him, mistaking him for someone else.
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Scourge (verb) = to hit someone with a whip
Every day she has to endure the scourging of his stepfather.
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Audacious (adj) = extremely bold or daring
He's audacious for standing up against corruption.
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Chagrin (noun) = a feeling of disappointment or annoyance
To my chagrin, the activities were not as fun as I had thought.
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Affliction (noun) = a state of suffering, pain or grief
How can we help in alleviating the affliction of our brethren?
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Crestfallen (adj) = very sad and disappointed
We were crestfallen when the Philippine team failed to bring home the trophy.
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Desolate (adj) = very sad and lonely especially because someone left or passed away
His parents were desolate for quite a long time when his brother died in a car accident.
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Despondent (adj) = having the feeling of losing hope or courage
The family is despondent about my grandmother's recovery.
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Languish (verb) = to continue for a long time without activity or progress in an unpleasant or unwanted situation
Most of the nurses here in the Philippines languish in unemployment and underemployment, waiting for the opportunity to practise their profession,
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Condescending (adj) = showing that you believe that you are more intelligent or better than other people.
I know someone who's so condescending yet very incompetent.
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Despotic (adj) = autocratic; tyrannical
The Philippines has been once under the rule of a despotic president.
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Haughty (adj) = Showing that you are more intelligent or smarter than others
She's the haughtiest person, I've known online.
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Officious (adj) = used to describe an annoying person who tries to tell others what to do in a way that is not wanted or needed
I had this classmate who was so officious, that he would repeat everything what our teacher had told us to do.
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Pedantic (adj) = overly concerned with minute details or formalism.
Filipinos have the tendency to be pedantic in English grammar.
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