A word/thought association train...

In the spirit of @AllenCrawley 's thread HERE, I thought it would be interesting to try a WORD ASSOCIATION thread...

Rules:
Only one word can be posted, in association to the word prior.
I will start by posting ONE WORD.
Please quote prior word.

For example...

If I post...​

A word/thought association train...

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