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Abridge

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To shorten

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Abide by

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To follow

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Access

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A way of entering

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Acute

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Sharp, as in acute intelligence or acute pain

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Adjoining

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Connected

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Affable

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Likable; friendly

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Aggravate

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To make worse

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Ailing

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Sick

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Alias

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False name

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Ally

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Friend

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Ambitious

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Desire to achieve a lot

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Amplify

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To make louder

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Anguish

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Pain; misery

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Antiquated

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Very old

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Appease

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To calm; to sooth

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Aptly

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Appropriate

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Arid

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Dry

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Assess

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To measure (e.g., the tax on a property); to evaluate

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Atlas

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Book of maps

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Authenticity

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Realness

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Ballad

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Song that tells a story

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Base

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Low; immoral

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Benefactor

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A kindly helper; a doner

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Blaring

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Loud

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Bluff

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  1. (N.) hill

2. (V.) to fake

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Bondage

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Slavery

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Branded

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Labeled

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Broadminded

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Not prejudice; tolerant

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By-line

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Writer’s name at the beginning of an article

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Calf

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Baby animal: e.g., cow, whale, elephant

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Capsize

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To tip over

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Celebrity

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  1. Fame

2. A famous person

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Champion

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  1. (N.) winner

2. (V.) to support

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Chronological

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Arranged in order of time

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Climax

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  1. High point

2. Ending

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Color

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To shade the meaning of

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Compel

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To force someone to do something

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Complimentary

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Praising

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Composure

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Calmness

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Conceal

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To hide

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Condemn

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To disapprove; to find guilty

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Confirm

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To strengthen an opinion; to make sure

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Consciousness

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Awareness

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Conservatory

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School of music or art

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Constitution

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  1. Document by which a government is run

2. Physical makeup of something or someone

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Contempt

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Hatred

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Contradict

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To go against; to oppose

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Convex

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Curved like the outer surface of a globe

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Corrupt

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  1. (Adj.) immoral; wicked

2. (V.) to make morally bad

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Courier

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Messenger

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Credible

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Believable

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Crude

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  1. Rude; crass

2. Unpurified (e.g., crude oil)

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Curb

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  1. (N.) edge of a sidewalk

2. (V.) to control; to urge to the side

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Dazzling

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Brilliant; shiny

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Deception

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Fraud or trick

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Defame

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To attack someone’s reputation

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Degenerate

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To get worse and worse

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Delineate

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To outline

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Deport

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To send an unwanted person out of the country

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Desolate

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Isolate; alone

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Detour

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Path that goes off the main road

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Diehard

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Stubborn person

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Dilute

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  1. To make weaker

2. To add water

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Discard

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To throw away

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Discontented

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Unhappy

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Discreet

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  1. Not obvious; subtle

2. Very careful, especially in keeping secrets

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Disentangle

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To untangle

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Disintegration

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Breaking into small pieces

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Disperse

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To scatter

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Dissection

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Process of taking apart

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Distillation

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Purification

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Divergent

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Separating

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Dumbfound

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To surprise; to stun

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Dweller

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One who lives in a particular place

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Economy

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Careful spending

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Embezzler

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One who steals money entrusted to him

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Emend

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To correct a text

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Endearment

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Affection; fondness

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Enfeeble

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To weaken

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Enrich

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To add to; to improve

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Epic

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A long narrative poem, book or film about heroes

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Erosion

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The wearing away of

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Eternal

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Never-ending

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Evolve

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To develop gradually

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Execute

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  1. To kill

2. To carry out (e.g., a project)

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Exile

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  1. (N.) removal from one’s home

2. (V.) to make someone leave

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Expulsion

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Removal; rejection

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Exuberant

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Enthusiastic

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Facilities

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Things built for a particular purpose; convenience

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Fell

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To knock down

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Fluctuate

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To rise and fall; to shift; to change back and forth

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Forgery

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The act of creating fake documents

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Frail

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Weak

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Fret

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To worry

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Gauge

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  1. (N.) instrument used for measuring

2. (V.) to measure

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Giddy

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Dizzy; silly

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Goblet

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Large cup

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Graphic

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Describe in clear detail

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Grimy

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Dirty

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Gullible

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Believing everything; foolishly trusting

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Hail

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  1. (N.) frozen rain

2. (V.) to greet; to call

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Harvest

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To gather crops

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Hearten

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To cheer up; to encourage

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Heralded

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Announced; publicized

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Hilarity

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Lightheartedness; merriment

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Horticulture

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Gardening; science of growing plants

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Hydraulic

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Operated by water pressure

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Hysterical

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Having uncontrollable emotion, fear, or laughter

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