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110 Cards in this Set
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narcissism
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excessive love or admiration of oneself
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navigable
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sufficient for vessels to pass through
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nefarious
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vicious, evil
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negate
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nullify, deny
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negligent
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careless, inattentive
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negligible
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not worth considering
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nitpick
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to criticise minor details
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nonchalant
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calm, casual, seemingly unexcited
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nondescript
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lacking interesting or distinctive qualities
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bane
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cause of harm or ruin; source of annoyance
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barricade
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obstacle, barrier
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belated
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having been delayed, done too late
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belligerent
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hostile, inclined to fight
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benign
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gentle, harmless
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plaudits
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enthusiastic praise
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ploy
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maneuver, plan
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polarise
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to tend toward opposite extremes
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pollinate
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to place pollen on teh stigma of a flower
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pomp
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dignified display, splendor
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pompous
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pretentious, bombastic
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potentate
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monarch or ruler with great power
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pragmatic
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practical; moved by facts rather than abstract ideals
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prank
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practical joke
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refracted
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deflected, sharply bent
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refurbish
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to renovate
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refute
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to contradict, discredit
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regale
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amuse, entertain
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regurgitate
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rush or surge back
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rehash
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bring forth again with no real change
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reinforce
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strengthen
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reiterate
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to say or do again, repeat
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relapse
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regress, backslide
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relevance
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pertinence to the matter at hand, applicability
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relinquish
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to renounce or surender something
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solitary
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alone, remote, secluded
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soluble
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capable of being solved or dissolved
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soothe
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to calm, placate; comfort
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sophistication
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worldliness, edification, enlightenment
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specious
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plausible but incorrect
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spontaneous
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on the spur of the moment, implusive
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sprint
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dash, run quick for short distances
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sprout
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emerge and develop rapidly; to grow
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spurious
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lacking authenticity, false
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squander
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to waste
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squelch
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to suppress, to put down with force
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stagnant
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immobile, stale
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unfetter
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to free from restrictions
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unheralded
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unannounced, unexpected, not publicised
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untenable
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indefensible, uninhabitable
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unyielding
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firm, resolute
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urbane
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courteous, refined, suave
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urge
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to impel, to exhort, spur to action
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usurp
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to take over without right
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utilitarian
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efficient, functional, useful
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compulsion
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an irresistible impulse to act
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compute
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to determine by mathematics
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conceited
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holding an unduly high opinion of oneself, vain
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conceivable
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capable of being understood or imagined
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concoct
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to devise, using skill and intelligence
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concordant
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harmonious, agreeing
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condemnation
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an expression of strong disapproval
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condescending
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to reduce, make more concise
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condolence
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sympathy for a person's misfortune
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condone
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to pardon or forgive; overlook, justify, or excuse a fault
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illusory
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unreal, deceptive
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illustrate
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provide an example, explain
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imaginative
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creative, clever, innovative
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imitate
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copy, impersonate
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immunity
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invulnerability, exemption
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immutable
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unchangeable, invariable
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impassioned
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with great feeling
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impassive
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showing no emotion
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impenitent
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lacking appropriate remorse
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imperceptive
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unobservant, inattentive
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implausible
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improbable, inconceivable
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delegate
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to give powers to aother
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deleterious
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harmful, destructive, detrimental
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deliberation
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discussion or careful consideration of an issue
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demagogue
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leader, rabble-rouser, usually appealing to emotion or prejudice
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demean
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to degrade, humiliate, humble
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demeanor
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the way a person behaves
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efficacious
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effective, efficient
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egotist
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self-centered person
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egregious
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conspicuously bad
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elate
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to make joyful
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elevated
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raised, increased
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elocutionist
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trained public speaker
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eloquent
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strongly expressive emotion
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elude
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evade, escape
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elusive
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tending to evade
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extricate
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to free from, disentangle
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extroverted
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outgoing, easily talks to others
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exultant
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triumphant
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fabricated
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constructed, inverted; faked, falsified
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facade
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face, front; mask, superficial appearance
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facile
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skilled, adept; requiring skil
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factual
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real
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fallacious
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wrong, unsound, illogical
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falsify
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misrepresent, state untruthfully
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fanfare
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a showy public display
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fathom
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comprehend, penetrate the meaning of
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irony
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incongruity between expectations and actualities
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irresolute
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undecided; indecisive; fickle
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irreverent
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disrespectful, gently or humourously mocking
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jaded
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tired by excess or overuse; slightly cynical
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jeopardise
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endanger, expose to injury
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jest
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to act playfully, ridicule
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jollity
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cheerfulness, liveliness; celebration
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jubilation
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joy, celebration, exultation
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justify
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to prove valid
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