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bliss
perfect happiness
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blissful
very happy
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blithe
1. merry; joyous
2. heedless
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buoy
keep afloat; raise the spirits of; encourage
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buoyant
1. cheerful
2. able to float
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complacency
self-satisfaction; smugness
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complacent
too pleased with oneself--often without awareness of possible dangers or defects; self-satisfied; smug
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convivial
fond of eating and drinking with friends; sociable
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conviviality
sociability
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delectable
very pleasing; delightful
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ecstasy
state of overwhelming joy; rapture
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ecstatic
in ecstasy; enraptured
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elated
in high spirits; joyful
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elation
state of being elated; euphoria
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frolic
play and run about happily; have fun; romp
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frolicsome
full of merriment; playful
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gala
characterized by festivity
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jocund
merry; cheerful; lighthearted
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jubliant
showing great joy; rejoicing; exultant
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jubilation
rejoicing; exultation
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ascetic
1. shunning pleasures; self-denying; austere
2. person who shuns pleasures and lives simply
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chagrin
embarrassment; mortification; disappointment
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chagrined
ashamed; mortified
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compunction
regret; remorse; misgiving; qualm; scruple
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contrite
showing deep regret and sorrow for wrongdoing; deeply penitent; repentant; remorseful
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contrition
repentance; remorse; penitence
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dejected
sad; in low spirits; depressed; downcast
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dejection
lowness of spirits; sadness; depression
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disconsolate
cheerless; inconsolable
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disgruntled
in bad humor; displeased; discontented
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doleful
causing grief or sadness; mournful; dolorous; lugubrious
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glum
moody; gloomy; dour
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lament
mourn; deplore
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lamentable
pitiable; rueful
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maudlin
weakly sentimental and tearful
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nostalgia
1. homesickness
2. yearning for the past
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nostalgic
homesick
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pathetic
arousing pity
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pathos
quality in events or in art (literature, music, etc.) that arouses our pity
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pensive
thoughtful in a sad way; melancholy
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plight
unfortunate state; predicament
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poignant
painfully touching; piercing
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sullen
resentfully silent; glum; morose; gloomy
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throes
anguish; pangs
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tribulation
suffering; distress
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burly
strongly and heavily built; husky
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buxom
plump and attractive
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cherubic
chubby and innocent-looking; like a cherub (angel in the form of a child)
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obese
extremely overweight; corpulent; portly (ant. skinny)
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obesity
excessive body weight; corpulence
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pudgy
short and plump; chubby
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attenuate
make thin; weaken
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emaciated
made unnaturally thin; abnormally lean because of starvation or illness
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haggard
careworn; gaunt
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lank
lean; ungracefully tall; lanky (ant. burly)
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svelte
slender; lithe
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adulation
excessive praise; flattery
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blandishment
word or deed of mild flattery; allurement; enticement
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cajole
persuade by pleasant words; wheedle; coax
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cajolery
persuasion by flattery; wheedling; coaxing
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curry/favor
seek to gain favor by flattery
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fulsome
offensive because of insincerity; repulsive; disgusting
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ingratiate
work (oneself) into favor
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lackey
follower who carries out another's wishes like a servant; toady
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obsequious
showing excessive willingness to serve; subservient; fawning
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sycophant
parasitic flatterer; truckler
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truckle
submit in a subservient manner to a superior; fawn; make a doormat of oneself
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apiary
place where bees are kept
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aviary
place where birds are kept
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badger
tease; annoy; nag (originally to harass a trapped badger)
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halcyon
calm; peaceful (from a bird thought to calm the waves)
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lionize
treat as highly important
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menagerie
place where animals are kept and trained; collection of wild animals
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molt
shed feathers, skin, hair, etc.
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ornithology
study of birds
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parasite
animal, plant, or person living on others; freeloader
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parasitic
living at the expense of another; sponging
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parrot
repeat mechanically, like a parrot (tropical bird that imitates human speech)
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scavenger
animal or person removing refuse, decay, etc.
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antidote
remedy for a poison or evil
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astringent
1. substance that shrinks tissues and checks flow of blood
2. severe; stern
3. causing contraction
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benign
1. not dangerous (ant. malignant)
2. gentle; kindly
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convalesce
recover health after illness; recuperate
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convalescent
person recovering from sickness
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fester
form pus; rankle; rot; putrefy
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hypochondriac
one who is morbidly anxious about personal health, or suffering from imagined illness
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immunity
1. resistance (to a disease)
2. freedom (as from an obligation); exemption
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immunize
make immune (e.g., resistant to a disease)
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lesion
injury; hurt
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malignant
1. threatening to cause death
2. very evil
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morbid
1. gruesome
2. having to do with disease
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pestilential
1. morally harmful
2. pertaining to a plague; deadly
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regimen
set of rules, esp. to improve health
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salubrious
healthful
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sebaceous
greasy; secreting sebum (fatty matter secreted by the glands of the skin)
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therapeutic
curative
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toxic
poisonous
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unguent
salve; ointment
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viral
caused by a virus
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virulent
1. extremely poisonous; deadly; venomous
2. very bitter