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Words like “happy”
Happy, glad, cheerful: close in meaning, different in use.
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Words for what’s on your mind.
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Beautiful words
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Feelings & emotions
Name what you’re feeling, from contentment to yearning.
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Sharper writing
Be precise without making a sentence harder to read.
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