red
/ˈɹɛd/
adjectivehaving the color of tomatoes or blood
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1. I ran that red light?
2. [alarm] - 2471 just went red.
3. Unlike normal red cells which are pliant, sickle cells are rigid and also sticky.
4. This dinosaur was red.
5. Her face turned red.
white
/ˈhwaɪt/, /ˈwaɪt/
adjectivehaving the color that is the lightest, like snow
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1. She wears white because she's happy.'
2. There are long, white, empty beaches here and the 5,000-year-old stone circle at Callanish.
3. Whites are out.
4. The sun naturally bleaches whites.
5. So, basically, juniors wear white today.
blue
/ˈbɫu/
adjectivehaving the color of the ocean or clear sky at daytime
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1. Blues have a whole other strategy.
2. Go Blues!
3. Do blue.
4. Things like neutrals, soft roses, blues are really fabulous right now.
5. Favorite color, my favorite color is blue.
black
/ˈbɫæk/
adjectivehaving the color that is the darkest, like most crows
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1. It's a stark difference when you are just one of everybody else versus being the black guy.
2. My dad is a black mailman.
3. Blacks are up slightly.
4. Blacks make up about 35 million.
5. Blacks still suffered terrible discrimination.
yellow
/ˈjɛɫoʊ/
adjectivehaving the color of lemons or the sun
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1. - Most yellow the game.
2. The light was yellow.
3. Light is yellow -
4. - Maverick is yellow.
5. Bananas are yellow.
grey
/ˈɡɹeɪ/
adjectivehaving a color between white and black, like most koalas or dolphins
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1. People usually get grey hair in their thirties or forties.'
2. Calm down Grey.
3. Grey: Everyone is gone.
4. His face was grey as ashes.
5. Is your hair greying too quickly?
orange
/ˈɔɹəndʒ/, /ˈɔɹɪndʒ/
adjectivehaving the color of carrots or pumpkins
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1. A young woman asks for two kilos of oranges.
2. A girl brings back some oranges.
3. - Maybe blood orange.
4. Oranges The good old oranges!
5. Prunes, oranges are good.
brown
/ˈbɹaʊn/
adjectivehaving the color of chocolate ice cream
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1. - Brown sugar is brown.
2. Our butter is brown.
3. The water was brown.
4. My hair is brown.
5. - We're browning butter.
pink
/ˈpɪŋk/
adjectivehaving the color of strawberry ice cream
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1. Our light stick is pink.
2. Is fuchsia pink?
3. The dress is pink.
4. Two of them are pink.
5. My favorite color is pink.
green
/ˈɡɹin/
adjectivehaving the color of fresh grass or most plant leaves
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1. It's a wonderful, big, green garden.
2. After all, this is a 2 mm long, bright green ciliate slithering through a field of smaller organisms and debris.
3. The patty is green.
4. One more color with which brown pairs especially well is green.
5. Chopping greens?
purple
/ˈpɝpəɫ/
adjectivehaving the color of most ripe eggplants
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1. The babies turned purple.
2. I love purple.
3. My wife's favorite color is purple.
4. Taro bread is purple.
5. Hers are purple.
silver
/ˈsɪɫvɝ/
adjectivehaving a shiny, grayish-white color or the color of the metal silver
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1. China also exported raw materials like jade, silver, and iron.
2. One more super-popular car color is silver.
3. Silver does have antibacterial properties.
4. Silver was an especially profitable export for the Spanish crown.
5. Toothpaste can clean silver as well.
gold
/ˈɡoʊɫd/
adjectivehaving a deep yellow color or the color of gold
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1. Trump's name once meant gold.
2. MAN: Trump's name once meant gold.
3. Gold is that kind of open currency in role playing games, or credits and other forms of currency in sci-fi and modern games.
4. Gold dusted mane.
5. Lomarr's king wears gold.
beautiful
/ˈbjutəfəɫ/
adjectiveextremely pleasing to the mind or senses
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1. They had a different language, a beautiful language called Gaelic.
2. You can see some of the beautiful buildings from that time in George Square.
3. There are beautiful flowers in it, and twelve tall trees.
4. Now she is sitting under the most beautiful Christmas tree.
5. 'I'm going to be your faithful and beautiful wife.'
ugly
/ˈəɡɫi/
adjectivenot pleasant to the mind or senses
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1. This crotch looks ugly.
2. Wrinkles are ugly.
3. This gold is ugly.
4. This guy is ugly.
5. That thing was ugly!
big
/ˈbɪɡ/
adjectivelarge or above average in size, amount, degree, etc.
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1. Mr. Miller had a shop in a big town.
2. The shoes on her feet are very big for her.
3. He has got a big smile on his face.
4. The decline in trading jobs and revenue hurt the big banks and large investment firms.
5. I wrote the story about Mexico's biggest pipeline explosion.
small
/ˈsmɔɫ/
adjectivelittle or below average in size, amount, degree, etc.
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1. A small break in a pipe can eventually create a sinkhole that swallows whatever stood above it.
2. Their new house had a garden, but the garden was very small.
3. Then he asked for some butter and jam, and she brought a very small serving of butter and a very small jar of jam.
4. This involves a doctor examining the cervix through a microscope, and possibly taking a small biopsy of tissue for closer examination.
5. But if delta x got a little bit smaller, then the secant line would look like that.
cheap
/ˈtʃip/
adjectivehaving a low price
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1. To get cheap tickets, buy them an hour or two before it begins.
2. Manny: For $100 cheaper than the Sega Saturn, it was a no-brainer for gamers.
3. Passion is cheap.
4. Livability rating: 0/10, but at least the rent is cheap.
5. The whole box is cheaper.
expensive
/ɪkˈspɛnsɪv/
adjectivehaving a high price
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1. They are expensive because the cost of transporting them is added to the price.
2. Hosting is expensive.
3. Trains are expensive.
4. Extra eyes are expensive.
5. Even a trade course is expensive.
clean
/ˈkɫin/
adjectivenot having any stains, bacteria, marks, or dirt
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1. Clean the tomatillos.
2. Clean the area.
3. Most retail bakers also clean their own work area and equipment and unload supplies.
4. Clean the tip again.
5. Cleaning supplies and a lot of food.
dirty
/ˈdɝti/
adjectivehaving stains, bacteria, marks, or dirt
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1. The French capital was dirty.
2. "Get your hands dirty."
3. If the carpet isn’t too dirty, the safer play is probably to just vacuum.
4. My fingernails are dirty.
5. Today's word is dirty.
easy
/ˈizi/
adjectiveneeding little skill or effort to do or understand
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1. The ads will certainly emphasize things like good taste, easy preparation, and high nutrition.
2. A hydroponic system would make it easy for families to grow their own vegetables in a small space.
3. That does not mean she had things easy.
4. This bird’s eye view makes parking so easy.
5. This bird’s eye view makes parking so easy.
difficult
/ˈdɪfəkəɫt/
adjectiveneeding a lot of work or skill to do, understand, or deal with
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1. Today's word is difficult.
2. Life remained difficult.
3. Travel is difficult!
4. Life is difficult.
5. Life becomes difficult.
fast
/ˈfæst/
adjectivehaving a high speed when moving or doing something
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1. Money runs out fast.
2. Strength training exercises cut down body fat, and fast!
3. Your muscles and tissues heal faster.
4. Press go fast.
5. Eggman run faster.
slow
/ˈsɫoʊ/
adjectivemoving, happening, or being done at a speed that is low
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1. It's slow, and it needs a lot of information.
2. Slow your roll.
3. Slow the breath.
4. Your reaction time slows.
5. Slow your roll, not exactly.
full
/ˈfʊɫ/
adjectivehaving no space left
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1. His language skills are poorly developed, and he doesn't speak in full sentences.
2. That will leave you feeling full and satiated for longer.
3. hands are full.
4. The storage is full.
5. My Amazon box was full.
empty
/ˈɛmpti/, /ˈɛmti/
adjectivewith no one or nothing inside
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1. A city garbage man emptied the garbage can the next day.
2. There are long, white, empty beaches here and the 5,000-year-old stone circle at Callanish.
3. About five thousand people live in The City, and at weekends it feels empty.
4. Then empty the trash.
5. Empty the ice from the glass, and pour in the blended mixture.
good
/ˈɡʊd/, /ɡɪd/
adjectivehaving a standard or quality that is satisfying
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1. The ads will certainly emphasize things like good taste, easy preparation, and high nutrition.
2. A gardener was not a good husband for a Clarkson girl!'
3. We just got a really good photographer.
4. Even the cats eat good cheese here.
5. I never got good grades, wasn't some kid prodigy.
bad
/ˈbæd/
adjectivehaving a standard or quality that is unsatisfying
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1. They believed that bad air caused infections and illnesses.
2. It's a joke, a bad joke.
3. Remember, I am a bad enemy.
4. The man is in a lot worse shape physically.
5. Well, in a crass political sense, Judy, it's bad for the president.
high
/ˈhaɪ/
adjectivehaving a relatively great vertical extent
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1. The ads will certainly emphasize things like good taste, easy preparation, and high nutrition.
2. They knew that high heat and chemicals would destroy bacteria.
3. When you get out of the cage, you'll fly very high.
4. The high yield market is now at bubble levels.
5. She could rent out a spare room to offset the higher costs!
low
/ˈɫoʊ/
adjectivenot far above the ground or having a small upward extension
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1. Japanese companies also made major innovations in manufacturing that yielded low production costs and strong, consistent product quality.
2. At low tide the water is like a mill pond, placid and peaceful.
3. Low waisted jeans. -
4. A lower GI will keep your blood sugar level low.
5. Even the top bunk is lower.
hot
/ˈhɑt/
adjectivehaving a high temperature or a high degree of heat
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1. It is a hot afternoon and Jake is sitting on a bench in Notting Hill.
2. Hot take alert!
3. Hot take number two.
4. My face is hot.
5. Those guys were hot.
cold
/ˈkoʊɫd/
adjectivehaving a temperature lower than the human body's average temperature
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1. The water in the lochs is cold and dark.
2. Some places get cold.
3. My hands are cold.
4. Your hands are cold?
5. I hate colds.
light
/ˈɫaɪt/
adjectivehaving enough brightness, especially natural light; not dark
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1. When the lights went on, the young man saw that his neighbor was the doctor who had examined him earlier.
2. I have a brand new light that I bought, but I'm waiting for all the other equipment to come in so I can actually set it up.
3. I ran that red light?
4. And over the course of a century, our Galaxy is likely to have dozens of new studs of light.
5. So many lights, lights, lights everywhere.
dark
/ˈdɑɹk/
adjectivehaving very little or no light
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1. The water in the lochs is cold and dark.
2. Snow is falling, and the sky is darker.
3. It looked dark and lonely, surrounded by trees.
4. Look for the City men with their dark suits and umbrellas!
5. Our house was dark.
long
/ˈɫɔŋ/
adjective(of two points) having an above-average or big distance between them
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1. Long ago, people did not understand infection.
2. The dentist did a lot of work in his mouth for a long time.
3. The long list could go on.
4. After a certain point, the added weight no longer yields additional range.
5. The company had long boasted about the quality of its ingredients.
short
/ˈʃɔɹt/
adjectivehaving a below-average or small distance between two points
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1. So shorts provide price discovery.
2. Jinco shorts.
3. Wearing shorts.
4. Who on earth wears shorts out skiing?
5. Boy shorts.
old
/ˈoʊɫd/
adjective(of a thing) having been used or existing for a long period of time
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1. Her son, Peter, was twenty years old then.
2. The kind old woman is now dead.
3. An old man brings back some apples.
4. The jogger puts his hand on the old woman’s arm.
5. The old woman looks in her bag.
new
/ˈnju/, /ˈnu/
adjectiverecently built, invented, made, etc.
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1. Their new house had a garden, but the garden was very small.
2. I must start a new life among strangers.'
3. His new mommy had medical professional training and it's a really good fit.
4. I bought new equipment.
5. Purchase prices have stabilized recently due to new policies, political unrest, and the global pandemic.
young
/ˈjəŋ/
adjectivestill in the earlier stages of life
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1. A young person was standing on the other side of the pond.
2. A young woman asks for two kilos of oranges.
3. A police car stops the young man in North Street.
4. Where is that nice young woman?
5. Hunter is going to be a stud, this young guy.
old
/ˈoʊɫd/
adjective(of a person) in the later stages of life
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1. Her son, Peter, was twenty years old then.
2. The kind old woman is now dead.
3. An old man brings back some apples.
4. The jogger puts his hand on the old woman’s arm.
5. The old woman looks in her bag.
rich
/ˈɹɪtʃ/
adjectiveowning a great amount of money or many things that cost a lot
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1. Scotland is still a country of rich and poor.
2. That first race began one of the richest histories in international motor sport.
3. Even his sheep were rich.
4. Doctors are rich!
5. Riches come from risks.
poor
/ˈpuɹ/
adjectiveowning a very small amount of money or a very small number of things
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1. His speaking and listening skills are poor, but in school he is good at math and spelling.
2. Is the poor man one of your family then?
3. Scotland is still a country of rich and poor.
4. - You've got to be kidding, poor old me?
5. Your choice of words was poor.
right
/ˈɹaɪt/
nounthe direction or side that is toward the east when someone or something is facing north
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1. The fast food industry grew because it was born at the right time.
2. I have no idea what's going on with Michelle right now.
3. You know, they have the right to terminate channels as they see fit, to suspend channels as they see fit.
4. Can you imagine if I put a big loudspeaker hooked up to your brain, and I could hear all your thoughts right now?
5. When a new drug comes to market, the FDA gives the drug company exclusive rights to produce and market the drug until their patent runs out.
left
/ˈɫɛft/
adjectivetoward or located on the same side as the heart of most people
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1. This side however, my left ear is better than my right ear
2. This left included various figures.
3. The kid, in his last game, homers to left!
4. Watch your left!
5. Look left.
right
/ˈɹaɪt/
adjectivetoward or on the east side when we are facing north
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1. The fast food industry grew because it was born at the right time.
2. I have no idea what's going on with Michelle right now.
3. You know, they have the right to terminate channels as they see fit, to suspend channels as they see fit.
4. Can you imagine if I put a big loudspeaker hooked up to your brain, and I could hear all your thoughts right now?
5. When a new drug comes to market, the FDA gives the drug company exclusive rights to produce and market the drug until their patent runs out.
wrong
/ˈɹɔŋ/
adjectivenot based on facts or the truth
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1. 'It's the wrong number.'
2. This Mets team had wronged his brother.
3. that texture is wrong.
4. Spelt my name wrong.
5. My instincts are wrong!
safe
/ˈseɪf/
adjectivebeing without danger or harm
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1. In 1859, Louis Pasteur developed a procedure to make milk from farm animals safe to drink.
2. He could not believe that such a thing could be safe.
3. If the carpet isn’t too dirty, the safer play is probably to just vacuum.
4. ♪♪ Stay safe.
5. Lets stay safe.
dangerous
/ˈdeɪndʒɝəs/
adjectivecapable of harming or injuring a person or destroying or damaging a thing
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1. Acrylics are dangerous.
2. What makes meningitis so dangerous compared to other diseases is the sheer speed with which it invades a person’s body.
3. Migrants are not dangerous.
4. This journey is dangerous.
5. This guy is dangerous.
same
/ˈseɪm/
adjectivelike another thing or person in every way
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1. Clock time was the same for everyone living in one time zone.
2. Harry and Bob were neighbours, and they worked in the same bank.
3. Another brilliant physicist, Alexander Friedmann, had also reached the same conclusion.
4. We both laugh at the same jokes!
5. - Wow! - Looks same.
different
/ˈdɪfɝənt/, /ˈdɪfɹənt/
adjectivenot like another thing or person in form, quality, nature, etc.
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1. As a result, people in different locations had different local times.
2. Apparently, the human nose has about one thousand different types of olfactory neurons.
3. The grandmothers speak a different language.
4. People draw different conclusions from this.
5. Your fetid flatulence affliction is from a different source.
strong
/ˈstɹɔŋ/
adjectivehaving great strength or a lot of physical power
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1. I no longer felt strong or calm, and I began to cry bitterly.
2. Japanese companies also made major innovations in manufacturing that yielded low production costs and strong, consistent product quality.
3. The power of Jumanji is strong.
4. That Friday feeling is strong.
5. Seven is strong.
weak
/ˈwik/
adjectivenot physically strong; having little energy or physical strength
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1. Machines were weak.
2. The voiced sound is weaker.
3. Today's word is weak.
4. His father was weak.
5. The old boy's back legs look weak.
