Monday, January 26, 2009

How Strangers Can Make You Happy

contagious
adjective
1.
easily diffused or spread as from one person to another; "a contagious grin"
2.
(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection [syn: catching]


demonstrate
verb
1.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience; "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in Washington" [syn: show]
2.
establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture" [syn: prove] [ant: confute]
3.
provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes; "His high fever attested to his illness"; "The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication"; "This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness" [syn: attest]
4.
march in protest; take part in a demonstration; "Thousands demonstrated against globalization during the meeting of the most powerful economic nations in Seattle"

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