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apiary (n.)
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place where bees are kept
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think about apes getting honey from hives
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aviary (n.)
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place where birds are kept
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badger (v.)
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tease; annoy; nag
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what cruel people do to trapped badgers
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halcyon (adj.)
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calm; peaceful
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a halcyon is a bird thought to calm waves
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lionize (v.)
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to glorify and elevate in importance
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menagerie (n.)
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place where a veriety of fauna is contained and trained
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molt (v.)
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shed feathers, skin, hair, etc.
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sounds like "melt," which can be compared to shedding
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ornithology (n.)
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study of birds
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"orn" sounds like "horn," similar to beak
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parasite (n.)
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animal, plant, or person living on others; freeloader
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"para:" try to take control
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parasitic (adj.)
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living at the expense of another; sponging
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parrot (v.)
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to repeat someone's speech incessently and robatically
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scavenger (n.)
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one who crawls around looking for objects and things to keep from refuse and decay
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antidote (n.)
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a substance used to cure illnesses
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astringent (n.)
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substance that shrinks tissues and checks flow of blood
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"strings" that pull tissues together
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astringent (adj.)
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1. severe/stern
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"strig" sounds like "strict" which is like "serious"
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benign (adj.)
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not causing harm
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convalesce (v.)
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recover health after illness; recuperate
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"conv" sounds like "conf" as in "regain confidence"
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convalescent (n.)
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person recovering from sickness
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fester (v.)
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form pus; rankle; rot; putrefy
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hypochondriac (n.)
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one who is morbidly anxious about personal health, or suffering from imagined illness
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sounds crazy, they are
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ant.: malignant
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benign
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immunity (n.)
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resistance to a disease; freedom from an obligation
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immunize (v.)
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give treatment to someone as to prevent from illness
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lesion (n.)
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injury; hurt
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pretty basic... what's this unit?
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malignant (adj.)
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very harmful
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not just harmful...
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morbid (adj.)
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disgusting; remaniscent of death and deacy
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pestilential (adj.)
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bothersome, morally troubling, having to do with disease
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not as strong as morbid
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regimen (n.)
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set of rules to improve health
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think regiment + health, okay!
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ant. malignant
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benign
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salubrious (adj.)
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healthful
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sebaceous (adj.)
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greasy
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stems from sebum: fatty matter secreted by glands in the skin
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theraputic (adj.)
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assistence to gently releive illness or stress
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toxic (adj.)
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deadly; poisonous
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unguent (n.)
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salve; ointment
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sounds kind of like it feels
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viral (adj.)
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having to do with viruses
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virulent (adj.)
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extremely poisonous; deadly; venomous
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even more extreme than malignant
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virus (n.)
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1. disease causing substance too small to be seen through a microscope
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applt it to the micro and macro scales
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acclaim (v.)j.)
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welcome with approval; applaud loudly
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more of an event
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encomium (n.)
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statement written to glorify something or someone; tribute; eulogy; panegyric
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eulogize (v.)
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praise; extol; laud; glorify
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kudos (n.)
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fame of praise to to acheivement
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more extensive than you thought
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laudable (adj.)
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worthy of praise
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laudatory (adj.)
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acting with great amounts of praise for someone else
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plaudit (n.)
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(used in plural) applause; enthusiastic praise; acclaim
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think plural...
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ant. eulogize
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vilify
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calumnious (adj.)
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falsely and maliciously accusing; defamatory; slanderous
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more extreme...
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derogatory (adj.)
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belittling
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imputation (n.)
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charge, esp. an unjust or false charge; insinuation; accusation
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think court system...
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libel (n.)
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printed information falsified to cause harm to others
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libelous (adj.)
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falsified to cause harm to others
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malign (v.)
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speak evil of; vilify; traduce
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ant. derogatory
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complimentary
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slander (n.)
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a falsified, injurious spoken statement; calumny
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stigma (n.)
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universalized negative impression attatched to a specific mannerism
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stigmatize (adj.)
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to attatch a stigma to something
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banter (n.)
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jokingly mean conversation between two friends; raillery
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caricature (n.)
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impression of someone designed to be amusing or funny by exagerating defects or peculiarities
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droll (adj.)
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odd and laughter-provoking
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trolls are odd and sometimes funny
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facetious (adj.)
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slightly sarcastic
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flippant (adj.)
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humorous bordering on offensive
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harlequin (n.)
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buffoon; clown
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parade of harlequins
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hilarious (adj.)
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very funny
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hilarity (adj.)
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the charateristic of being funny; noisy gaity; mirth; jollity; glee
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ironic(al) (adj.)
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humorous stemming from an unexpected result
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irony (n.)
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funny due to enexpected or reversed circumstances
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jocose (adj.)
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playfully humorsous
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a funny athlete
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levity (n.)
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lack of proper seriousness
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alesia, not marcy
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ludicrous (adj.)
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ridiculous
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parody (n.)
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a humerous work intended to poke fun of some sort of human nature
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sarcasm (n.)
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drawing humor through poking fun or treating others as inferior
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sarcastic (adj.)
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done with the use of sarcasm
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sardonic (adj.)
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bitterly sarcastic; mocking; sneering
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sarcastic and then some
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satire (n.)
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a work that subtly draws humor out of a type of human activity
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satiric(al) (adj.)
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using satire
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travesty (n.)
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making something serious into mockery in a ridiculous manner
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its a type of switch...
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