SCOWL - "Yeah, he was trying to steal those chips!โ the clerk interrupted, shouting over the copโs shoulder. Then, fixing his scowl back on me, he said, โIsnโt that right? Isnโt that what you were trying to do?"
a facial expression of dislike or displeasure
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DILEMMA - "While I was trying to figure this outโdecisions, decisionsโthe other person in the store, seemed to be dealing with the same dilemma, but with the beer right behind me. Jerryโs had every kind of beer you could think of."
unsure in a choice between options
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COCKY - "But, unstereotypically, he wasnโt cocky about it like you would think, which of course made the ladies and the teachers and the principal and the parents and even the basketball coach even more crazy about him."
overly self-confident or self-assertive
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DRONE - โAnd I knew what he was trying to tell me: to get out,โ Dad would drone. โBut I didnโt know where I was going to go or what I was going to do. I didnโt really do that well in school, and well, college just wasnโt in the cards.โ
talk in a boring voice
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Give 15 points!
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TOPPLE - "I thrust one hand down on the floor to save myself from a nasty face-plant, sending the bag of chips up the aisle, while she toppled over, slowly, trying to catch her balance, but failing and falling half on me and half on the flo
fall down, as if collapsing
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COMEBACK - "โI donโt even have no girlfriend,โ Carlos said. But that didnโt matter. Cracking a joke about somebodyโs girlfriendโreal or imaginaryโis just a great comeback."
a quick reply to a question or remark
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Other team wins 15 points!
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shark
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thief
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REFLEX - "My hands were already up, a reflex from seeing a cop coming toward me."
an automatic reaction to something
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MANDATORY - "He and Shannon didnโt have mandatory basketball practice like usual, but were still going to the gym to shoot around because, well, thatโs what they did every day."
required by rule
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STEREOTYPICAL - "He was the stereotypical green-eyed pretty boy with parents who spoiled him, so he had fly clothes and tattoos."
lacking originality or individuality
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OPPORTUNITY - "I didnโt need ROTC. But I did it, and I did it good, because my dad was pretty much making me. Heโs one of those dudes who feels like thereโs no better opportunity for a black boy in this country than to join the army."