Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? Glossary

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Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? Glossary

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Perturbation

Mental illness

Curtailed

Lessened, reduced

Encumbrance

Nuisance, obstacles

Decorum

Courtesy

Endowment

Funding, establishment

Emaciated

Skeletal, skinny

Poignant

Disturbing, saddening

Caprice

Notion, fancy

Abhorrent

Hateful, loathed

Labyrinth

Entanglement, maze

Convival

Sociable, friendly

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