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| Noun that describes a person who inspires laughter through his or her verbal talents. |
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| Clown figure that is recognizable by his clothing of brightly colored diamond shapes and his mask. His outfit goes back to the clown figure in Italian acting troupes several centuries ago. |
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| One who helps a comedian to be funny by feeding "straight" lines to him. It may also mean those who allow themselves to be used by others, presumably in exchange for some kind of gain. |
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| Noun that is mostly used in informal contexts to describe a person who is not a professional clown but who is eccentrically amusing in his or her behavior. |
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| An amateur clown. This word has a longer history and higher verbal status. |
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| Noun that denotes the quality of being verbally clever or a person who is intelligently and subtly amusing. |
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| Type of clown that are largely found in accounts of earlier eras: they told stories and jokes, even did some magic tricks in order to attract a crowd of folk to whom they could attempt to sell ineffective medicines. It is Italian for "jump up on the bench." |
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| Adjective that describes words, facial expressions, or acts that are amusing in an odd way. |
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| Noun that describes acts that are perceived as either amusing or not depending on the context or on the personality of the beholder. |
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| A prankster plays pranks, that is, mischievous tricks, practical jokes. |
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| Noun that refers to any drunken or riotous celebration. |
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| Noun that denotes a person devoted to having a good time. |
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| Verb that refers to taking part in noisy partying. |
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| Term for a loud good time. |
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| Verb that means mildly enjoying or relishing of anything, even a thought. |
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| Noun that refers to a person who acts without moral restraint, a debauchee. |
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| Adjective that describes a person who is morally pure in thought and conduct. The meaning is often simplified to not sexually active and can also be used figuratively for a pure and simple design in architecture. |
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| Synonym for chaste. It is an adjective describing not sexually active. |
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| Noun that refers to a methodical and logical process of thinking. |
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| Adjective most often used as a compliment to mean dignified or more frequently in a negative sense, overly prim and proper. |
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| Adjective describing one who is self-disciplined, self-restrained, content with a simple, spare way of life. It may also suggest stoicism, the ability to bear difficult physical or emotional circumstances without showing distress. |
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| Noun that is a fancy way of referring to a descendant or heir, most often to a male of a wealthy family. |
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| Negative connotation of second-rate follower. Noun that is now used for a figurative second-generation, an imitator, a copier of an earlier pathbreaker, a wannabe. |
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| Adjective that describes the relationship of a son or daughter to the mother or father. Affiliated. |
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| Word that describes a relationship with an uncle. By extension, it's used even more often to describe the kind, friendly manner of an unrelated man, a manner like the kind uncle you remember or wish you had had. |
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| Noun that refers to favoritism shown to relatives in practices such as business matters. |
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| Noun that refers to a person's descendants. In a larger sense it is used for a general sense of future generations. |
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| Noun that means ancestry, the line going back to your forebears on the family tree. |
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| A direct ancestor, or by extension an originator. |
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| Adjective that describes someone with many offspring, either literal children or figurative children such as books |
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| Adjective that refers to a baby born after the death of his or her father. It can also be used in non-family contexts. |
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| Word that describes the ability to recover readily from illness or misfortune or to get back into shape. |
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| Word that means impervious to reason or stubbornly unyielding. |
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| Word that means limber or flexible and is used to describe people or things. Another form of the adjective is lithesome or lissome. |
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| Adjective that means unable to be appeased or mollified. |
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| Word that means strict or severe or constricted. It is used to describe actions rather than people. |
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| Word that means firm and resolute and can be used to describe people or actions. It can also be used as a noun to mean one who loyally supports a party or a cause. |
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| Someone who is _________ is flexible, adaptable, or willing to agree to the demands of others. It is generally used to describe someone who is submissive. |
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| Word often used to describe flexible things rather than flexible people.* |
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| Verb for when one express one's obedience or respect. Like a bow or a curtsy _________ is a gesture that expresses homage or a willingness to serve. |
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| Adjective that means capable of being shaped or formed. It can be used to describe things or people who easily adjust to differing circumstances. |
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| Adjective that means relentless or not capable of being stopped or changed. |
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| Adjective that means relentless or not capable of being stopped or changed. |
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| Noun that describes a bit, scrap, or morsel. It is occasionally used informally to describe a small or mischievous person, usually a child. |
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| Noun that means a tiny amount, such as a trace or a spark. |
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| Noun that connotes a very small amount. |
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| Noun that connotes a very small amount. |
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| Noun that means a small or modest amount. |
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| Noun that connotes an indeterminate but small amount. |
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| Noun that means a small amount of money, a small insect, a child, or even a small particle. As an adjective it connotes to a small degree. |
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| Noun that means a tiny amount or just a trace or a hint. |
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| Noun for a tiny amount that has a specific weight. A ____ is a unit of weight equal to 1/16 of an ounce or 27.34 grains. As an apothecary weight, it is equal to 1/8 of an ounce. It is often used to mean a small amount however, without any reference to its actual weight value. |
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| Noun that most often refers to a piece of broken pottery or a fragment of any brittle material, but it can also be used to mean a small piece, usually larger than the tiny mite, iota, or scintilla. |
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| Noun that means a small quantity or splash, usually of a liquid or soft solid. |
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| Adjective that means so dark as to be barely visible or indistinct. It can also mean hidden or hot well-known, not easily understood, or inconspicuous. When used as a verb, it means to make indistinct or dark. |
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| Adjective that means dim or like twilight. This word is used solely to describe the quality of physical light. |
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| Adjective that means occurring at night or most active at night |
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| Noun that is a painting of a night scene or a piece of piano music with a pensive, dreamy mood. |
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| Adjective that means dark and gloomy and is used exclusively to describe literal darkness. |
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| Adjective reserved for describing dark complexions. |
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| Adjective that means wrapped in darkness. |
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| Adjective that is used to describe a dark complexion or means dark or shadowy. |
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| Adjective that means several kinds of dark: impenetrable by light, or so obscure as to be unintelligible, or dense. |
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| Verb that means to appear dark or threatening. It can be used to describe a stormy sky or an angry, sullen look. |
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| Noun that means partial shadow, the area between complete illumination and total eclipse. It can also be used figuratively to mean an area in which something exists to an uncertain degree. |
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| Noun that means a touch of added style or dash. |
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| Noun that means personal magnetism or charm. It is used to describe someone's personality rather than their fashion sense. |
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| Noun that means vivacity or spirit. It is generally used to describe a way of doing something. It may have entered the English language form the musical instruction con brio, which means with energy. |
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| Noun that means enthusiastic liveliness, but can also be used, like panache, to mean a dash of style. |
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| Noun that means liveliness of spirit or sprightliness. It has alsu been used in the expression _______ de corps which means a common spirit of enthusiasm or devotion to a cause among the members of a group. |
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| Noun that means a mark of quality or a distinguishing feature. |
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| Noun that means a distinctive elegance or style and also means a particular aptitude or talent. |
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| Adjective that means cheaply or showily vulgar in appearance or tawdry. It is often used today to means characterized by a carefree or fun-loving unconventionality. |
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| Adjective that means self-confidently stylish or jaunty. |
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| Noun that means energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas, especially in an artistic performance. One uses this word to describe how a person does something, not to describe the person. |
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| Noun that refers to a speech or written work that mournfully laments the wrongdoings of mankind and predicts a kind of wholesale doom to descend on mankind. Today, it may be transferred to a lighter variety of doleful complaints. |
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| Noun that refers to a projected final battle between the forces of good and evil to occur at the end of time. |
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| Noun that refers to a vision of the total destruction of the world, cosmic devastation. |
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| Noun that can now refer to a woman who is regarded as terrifying. |
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| Noun that denotes a scary female from Greek mythology. It became a more generalized word for any creature of the imagination, any unfounded concept. |
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| An oppressive burden that torments an individual as a nightmare might torment. |
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| Noun that refers to any overwhelmingly powerful, unstoppable force, usually destructive. It was originally a title for a Hindu god. |
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| Noun that is now often used for any disturbing image of a future disturbance. |
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| Adjective that can describe either an animal in the wild or one returned to living in such a state.It can also describe human behavior that is more like the savagery of an animal. |
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| Noun that has a meaning roughly synonymous with a strong curse, a near wish for damnation. The word can refer to either the curse itself or the person or thing that is cursed. |
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| Word meaning not able to end. This adjective is chiefly used to describe something tedious. |
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| If you're ___________, your energy never ends; you're incapable of becoming fatigued. |
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| If it _____s with you, it lives with you, and thus it doesn't end. |
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| Noun that refers to a state that feels as though it will never end because you're getting no attention or information that might enable you to move on. |
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| Adjective that is a varyiant form of unceasing. |
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| Adjective that is a formal word for inevitable, inescapable. |
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| Adjective that describes something that never stops, never slackens. |
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| Adjective that means holding on to a belief or a plan, persistent. |
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| Adjective meaning persistent. |
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| Adjective that describes something that does not tire, does not stop. |
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| Adjective that means unrelenting. |
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