Livid 😡💢
(adj.) furiously angry; having a bluish-gray discoloration (as from a bruise)
🗣️ Henry was absolutely *livid* when he discovered someone had eaten the lunch he’d carefully packed and labeled in the office fridge. 🍱
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Egregious
(adj.) noticeably bad or offensive
Henry’s *egregious* decision to show up two hours late to his own surprise party left everyone speechless. 😶
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Insinuate
(v.) to suggest something unpleasant or controversial in an indirect, subtle way—without ever saying it outright. 💬
Nan *insinuated* that Henry cheated on his exam by saying, “It’s interesting how your answers perfectly match the person next to you.” 😒
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🚂 Grammar tip of the day:
When you pluralize names ending in -s, you usually add -es.
So it’s 1 Thomas, 2 Thomases (❌ not 2 Thomas’s).
💁🏻♂️ Therefore, the correct way to write the idiom is “keeping up with the Joneses.”
Recant
(v.) to formally take back a previously held belief or statement.
Galileo was forced to *recant* his belief that the Earth orbits the Sun ... but science eventually proved him right. 🌍☀️
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