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  1. good
    having desirable or positive qualities
  2. fall
    descend freely under the influence of gravity
  3. sad
    experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness
  4. happy
    marked by good fortune
  5. mean
    denote or connote
  6. scared
    made afraid
  7. big
    above average in size or number or quantity
  8. small
    limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude
  9. tiny
    very small
  10. weird
    strikingly odd or unusual
  11. fun
    activities that are enjoyable or amusing
  12. funny
    an account of an amusing incident
  13. glad
    showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
  14. smart
    characterized by quickness and ease in learning
  15. stupid
    lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
  16. open
    affording free passage or access
  17. rude
    belonging to an early stage of technical development
  18. fast
    acting, moving, or capable of acting or moving quickly
  19. slow
    not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time
  20. ugly
    displeasing to the sense of sight
  21. pretty
    pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
  22. tall
    great in vertical dimension; high in stature
  23. short
    having little length or lacking in length
  24. gross
    lacking fine distinctions or detail
  25. dumb
    slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
  26. cool
    neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
  27. hot
    having a high or higher than desirable temperature
  28. handsome
    pleasing in appearance
  29. long
    primarily spatial sense
  30. colorful
    having color or a certain color
  31. fair
    free from favoritism, bias, or deception
  32. talkative
    friendly and open and willing to communicate
  33. loud
    characterized by sound of great volume or intensity
  34. quiet
    characterized by an absence of agitation or activity
  35. soft
    yielding readily to pressure or weight
  36. nice
    pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
  37. fluffy
    like down or as soft as down
  38. hard
    resisting weight or pressure
  39. kind
    having a tender and considerate and helpful nature
  40. bad
    having undesirable or negative qualities
  41. boring
    so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
  42. bored
    uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence
  43. geek
    a person with an unusual or odd personality
  44. lame
    disabled in the feet or legs
  45. sore
    causing misery or pain or distress
  46. warm
    having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
  47. moist
    slightly wet
  48. productive
    capable of bringing forth, especially abundantly
  49. beautiful
    pleasing to the senses
  50. unhappy
    experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent
  51. helpful
    providing assistance or serving a useful function
  52. giant
    any creature of exceptional size
  53. yucky
    highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
  54. disgusting
    highly offensive
  55. forgetful
    (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
  56. Ranunculus
    annual, biennial or perennial herbs: buttercup; crowfoot
  57. crazy
    affected with madness or insanity
  58. ambitious
    having a strong desire for success or achievement
  59. safe
    free from danger or the risk of harm
  60. yell
    a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
  61. unhealthy
    not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind
  62. attractive
    pleasing to the eye or mind as through beauty or charm
  63. stunning
    causing bewilderment, shock, or insensibility
  64. confident
    having or marked by assurance
  65. encouraged
    inspired with confidence
  66. healthy
    free from infirmity or disease
  67. inspired
    of surpassing excellence
  68. delicious
    extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
  69. healthy
    free from infirmity or disease
  70. tasty
    pleasing to the palate
  71. pleasant
    being in harmony with your taste or likings
  72. sunny
    bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
  73. cloudy
    full of or covered with clouds
  74. rainy
    (of weather) wet by periods of rain
  75. excellent
    very good; of the highest quality
  76. impressive
    making a strong or vivid mental image
  77. great
    a person who has achieved distinction in some field
  78. terrible
    exceptionally bad or displeasing
  79. entertaining
    agreeably diverting or amusing
  80. satisfactory
    giving contentment
  81. useful
    having a helpful function
  82. top-notch
    of the highest quality
  83. cooperative
    involving the joint activity of two or more
  84. polite
    showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc.
  85. hideous
    grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror
  86. ill
    affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
  87. guilty
    responsible for or chargeable with wrongdoing
  88. weak
    wanting in physical strength
  89. strong
    having strength or power greater than average or expected
  90. evil
    morally bad or wrong
  91. sweet
    having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
  92. risky
    involving risk or danger
  93. naughty
    badly behaved
  94. pitiful
    deserving or inciting compassion
  95. poor
    having little money or few possessions
  96. disappointing
    not up to expectations
  97. dull
    so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
  98. uninspiring
    depressing to the spirit
  99. blustery
    blowing in violent and abrupt bursts
  100. dreary
    lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
  101. severe
    very harsh or strict, especially when dealing with others
  102. unsafe
    lacking in security or safety
  103. bland
    lacking taste or flavor or tang
  104. rotten
    having decayed or disintegrated
  105. full
    containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
  106. hungry
    feeling a need or desire to eat food
  107. fat
    a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue
  108. skinny
    being very thin
  109. foolish
    lacking good sense or judgment
  110. amazing
    inspiring awe or admiration or wonder
  111. wet
    wetness caused by water
  112. wild
    wild, free, and not controlled or touched by humans
  113. react
    show a response to something
  114. tearing
    marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions
  115. tiring
    producing exhaustion
  116. testing
    experimentation to determine how well something works
  117. manly
    characteristic of a man
  118. grisly
    shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
  119. uninspired
    having no intellectual or emotional or spiritual excitement
  120. healing
    the natural process by which the body repairs itself
  121. brown
    of a color similar to that of wood or earth
  122. red
    the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
  123. white
    being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness
  124. pink
    of a light shade of red
  125. fretful
    nervous and unable to relax
  126. yellow
    yellow color or pigment
  127. blue
    of the color intermediate between green and violet
  128. glossy
    reflecting light
  129. heroic
    having qualities appropriate for brave figures
  130. appealing
    able to attract interest or draw favorable attention
  131. dreadful
    exceptionally bad or displeasing
  132. real
    being or occurring in fact or actuality
  133. dead
    no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
  134. artistic
    relating to the products of human creativity
  135. artful
    not straightforward or candid
  136. grim
    harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
  137. broad
    having great extent from one side to the other
  138. straight
    having no deviations
  139. dirty
    soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
  140. clean
    free from dirt or impurities
  141. feeling
    a physical sensation that you experience
  142. triumphant
    experiencing victory
  143. exciting
    creating or arousing uncontrolled emotion
  144. quality
    an essential and distinguishing attribute of something
  145. moody
    subject to sharply varying moods
  146. busy
    actively or fully engaged or occupied
  147. humbling
    causing awareness of your shortcomings
  148. reactive
    participating in processes changing substances into others
  149. interesting
    catching or holding your attention
  150. telling
    disclosing unintentionally
  151. nutty
    having the flavor of nuts
  152. direct
    proceeding without interruption
  153. quit
    put an end to a state or an activity
  154. negative
    characterized by denial or opposition or resistance
  155. positive
    characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance
  156. gearing
    wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed
  157. truthful
    expressing or given to expressing the truth
  158. frightening
    causing fear or dread or terror
  159. wearing
    the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down
  160. perspective
    a way of regarding situations or topics
  161. likening
    the act of comparing similarities
  162. skillful
    having or showing knowledge, ability, or aptitude
  163. evasive
    avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger
  164. huge
    unusually great in amount or degree or extent or scope
  165. abnormal
    not typical or usual or regular
  166. likeable
    easy to like; agreeable
  167. loveable
    having characteristics that attract love or affection
  168. executed
    put to death as punishment
  169. realizable
    capable of being realized
  170. react
    show a response to something
  171. treat
    apply a process to with the aim of preparing for a purpose
  172. timing
    the regulation of occurrence, pace, or coordination to achieve a desired effect (as in music, theater, athletics, mechanics)
  173. persuasive
    intended or having the power to induce action or belief
  174. reaction
    an idea evoked by some experience
  175. tempting
    highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire
  176. illness
    impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
  177. persuade
    cause somebody to adopt a certain position or belief
  178. mocking
    expressing contempt or ridicule
  179. justified
    having words so spaced that lines have straight even margins
  180. exhilarating
    making lively and joyful
  181. zip
    forceful exertion
  182. learning
    the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge
  183. noisy
    full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds
  184. nosy
    offensively curious or inquisitive
  185. action
    something done (usually as opposed to something said)
  186. work
    activity directed toward making or doing something
  187. hard
    resisting weight or pressure
  188. loopy
    informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
  189. dizzy
    having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling
  190. clear
    readily apparent to the mind
  191. crappy
    very bad
  192. cheery
    bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
  193. cheerful
    being full of or promoting cheer
  194. disdainfully
    without respect
  195. fulfilled
    completed to perfection
  196. uncool
    (spoken slang) unfashionable and boring
  197. royal
    of or relating to a king, queen, or other monarch
  198. perfect
    being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish
  199. deserving
    worthy of being treated in a particular way
  200. marking
    a distinguishing symbol
  201. tripping
    moving easily and quickly; nimble
  202. wearing
    the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down
Created on Tue Nov 02 18:25:29 EDT 2010 (updated Wed Nov 03 12:27:45 EDT 2010)

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