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adjective as in illuminated

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ablaze, aglow, brilliant, cloudless, lambent, lucent, lustrous, phosphorescent, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, scintillant, unclouded, unobscured, vivid, well-lighted, well-lit

adjective as in blond, fair

adjective as in not heavy

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agile, airy, buoyant, delicate, fluffy, lightweight, loose, slender, slight, small, thin

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atmospheric, downy, effervescent, ethereal, feathery, filmy, floatable, friable, frothy, gossamery, graceful, imponderous, inconsequential, insubstantial, light-footed, lithe, meager, nimble, porous, sandy, spongy, sprightly, sylphlike, tissuelike, trivial, unheavy, unsubstantial, weightless

adjective as in small in amount, content

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casual, faint, gentle, mild, moderate, slight, soft, sparse, thin, tiny, weak

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digestible, fractional, fragmentary, frivolous, frugal, hardly any, hardly enough, inadequate, inconsequential, inconsiderable, indistinct, insignificant, insufficient, modest, not many, not much, not rich, puny, superficial, trivial, unimportant, unsubstantial

adjective as in simple, easy

adjective as in funny, cheery

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blithe, carefree, cheerful, chipper, chirpy, flighty, frivolous, giddy, humorous, merry, perky, witty

noun as in luminescence from sun or other source

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bulb, candle, daylight, flash, glare, glow, lamp, lantern, radiation, ray, star, sun, sunshine, window

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aurora, beacon, blaze, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, coruscation, dawn, daybreak, daytime, effulgence, emanation, flare, gleam, glimmer, glint, glitter, illumination, incandescence, irradiation, lambency, lighthouse, luminosity, luster, morn, morning, phosphorescence, radiance, refulgence, scintillation, sheen, shine, sparkle, splendor, sunbeam, sunrise, taper, torch

noun as in context, point of view; understanding

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angle, approach, attitude, awareness, comprehension, condition, education, elucidation, enlightenment, example, exemplar, explanation, illustration, insight, interpretation, knowledge, model, paragon, slant, standing, viewpoint

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animate, cast, fire, flood, floodlight, highlight, illume, illumine, inflame, irradiate, lighten, limelight, spot, spotlight

verb as in step down; land

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alight, arrive, deplane, detrain, disembark, drop, perch, rest, roost, settle, stop