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apiary |
n. A place where bees are kept. |
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aviary |
A place where birds are kept |
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badger |
to nag; to annoy |
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halcyon |
calm, peaceful |
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lionize |
to treat highly or important |
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menagerie |
a place where animals are kept and trained |
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molt |
shed feather, skin, hair |
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ornithology |
study of birds |
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parasite |
animal, plant, or person living on others, freeloaders |
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parasitic |
living at the expense of another, sponging |
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parrot |
repeat mechanically, like a parrot |
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scavenger |
animal or person removing rufse, decay |
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antidote |
remedy for a poison or evil |
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astringment |
substance that shrinks tissues and checks flow of blood |
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astringment (adj) |
severe, stern |
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benign |
not dangerous |
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convalensce |
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 morbidy anxious about personal health, or suffering from imangined illness |
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immunity |
resistance to a disease |
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immunize |
make immune |
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lesion |
injury or hurt |
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malignant |
threatening to cause death |
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morbid |
gruesome |
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pestilential |
gruesome |
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regimen |
set of rules |
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salubrious |
healthful |
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sebaceous |
greasy, secreting |
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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 |
extremely poisonous, deadly, venomous |
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virus |
disease casing substance to small to be seen through a microscope |
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acclaim |
welcome with approval, applaud loudly |
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encomium |
speech or writing of high praise, tribute, eulogy, panegyric |
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eulogize |
praise, extol, loud, glorify |
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kudos |
fame or praise due to acheivement |
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laudable |
praiseworthy, commendable |
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laudatory |
expressing praise, eulogistic |
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plaudit |
applause, enthusiastic praise, acclaim |
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calumnious |
falsely and malicioulsy accusing, defamatory, slanderous |
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derogatory |
expressing low esteem, belittling, desparaging |
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imputation |
charge, and ujust or false charge |
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libel |
false and defamatory printed or written statement |
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libelous |
injurious to reputation, defamatory, calumnious |
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malign |
speak evil of, vilify, traduce |
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slander |
false and defamatory spoken statement, calumny |
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stigma |
mark of disgrace |
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stigmatize |
brand with a mark of disgrace |
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banter |
playful, teasing, joking, raillery |
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caricature |
drawing, imitation, or description that exaggerates peculiarities |
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droll |
odd and laughter-provoking |
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facetious |
in the habit of joking |
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flippant |
treating serious matter highly |
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harlequin |
buffoon, clown |
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hilarious |
boisterously merry, very funny |
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hilarity |
noisy gaiety, mirth, jollity, glee |
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ironic or ironical |
containing or expressing irony |
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inrony |
species of humor whose intended meaning is the opposite of the words used |
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jocose |
given to jesting, playful humorous, jocular |
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levity |
lack of proper seriousness, trifling gaiety, frivolity |
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ludicrous |
exciting laughter, ridiculous, farcical, absurd |
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parody |
humorous imitation |
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sarcasm |
sneering and often ironic language intended to hurt a person's feelings |
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sarcastic |
given to or expressing sarcasm |
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sardonic |
bitterly sarcastic, mocking, sneering |
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satire |
language or writing that exposes follies or abuses by holding them upon them up to ridicule |
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satiric or stirical |
given to or espressing satire |
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travesty |
imitation that makes a serious thing seem ridiculous, mockery |
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