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  • 91joy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. rejoicing; pleasure, happiness, delight, mirth, gaiety, fun (inf.); joie de vivre. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A very glad feeling] Syn. happiness, delight, gladness, rapture; see happiness 1 , 2 ,… …

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  • 92mischief — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. harm, injury; trouble; prank. See evil. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Damage] Syn. hurt, injury, trouble, harm; see damage 1 . 2. [Evil] Syn. atrocity, ill, catastrophe; see evil 2 , wrong 2 . 3.… …

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  • 93play — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. sport, frolic, fun, amusement, game, recreation; drama, comedy, tragedy; scope, freedom, latitude, sweep, range. v. operate, wield, ply; act, perform; compete; pluck, bow, strike, beat; move, caper,… …

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  • 94friskiness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The state of being full of high spirited fun: frolicsomeness, playfulness, sportiveness, wag gishness. See WORK …

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  • 95frolicsomeness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The state of being full of high spirited fun: friskiness, playfulness, sportiveness, waggishness. See WORK …

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  • 96playfulness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The state of being full of high spirited fun: friskiness, frolicsomeness, sportiveness, waggishness. See WORK …

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  • 97waggishness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The state of being full of high spirited fun: fnskiness, frolicsomeness, playfulness, sportiveness. See WORK …

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  • 98sportive — 1580s, from SPORT (Cf. sport) + IVE (Cf. ive). Related: Sportively; sportiveness …

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  • 99sportive — adjective playful; light hearted. Derivatives sportively adverb sportiveness noun …

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  • 100glee — n. 1. Merriment, mirth, gayety, joviality, jollity, exhilaration, liveliness, sportiveness, jocularity, hilarity. 2. Light song, song of interwoven melodies …

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