If something is elaborately dressed or decorated, it has many complex artistic details.

The bowl was elaborately decorated with scenes of everyday life.

​Elaborately

If you coveted something, you wanted it very much.

More than anything else in the world, I coveted that bike.

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​Coveted

Something that is ferocious is very fierce, mean, and violent.

The grizzly bear is the most ferocious animal I know.

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​Ferocious

If you despised something, you felt a strong dislike for it.

I have always despised the color red.

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​Despised

If you forfeit something, you lose it because you have broken a rule.

If you trip your opponent, you forfeit the game.

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​Forfeit

A taunt is something someone says to anger or upset someone else.

After the first taunt, I learned to cover my ears.

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​Taunt

If something is absurd, you think it is silly or ridiculous.

We laughed and laughed at the absurd idea.

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​Absurd