Reading 7: Papa's Parrot

Wendy B.
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  1. bin
    a container; usually has a lid
  2. furnace
    an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced for a building
  3. maple
    any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone
  4. merely
    and nothing more
  5. roasted
    (meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven
  6. stroll
    a leisurely walk, usually in some public place
  7. sample
    a small part intended as representative of the whole
  8. twilight
    the time of day immediately following sunset
  9. ambulance
    a vehicle that takes people to and from hospitals
  10. arrive
    reach a destination
  11. batch
    a collection of things or persons to be handled together
  12. embarrassed
    feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious
  13. opera
    a drama set to music
  14. romantic
    expressive of or exciting love
  15. smelly
    offensively malodorous
  16. strawberry
    any of various low perennial herbs with many runners and bearing white flowers followed by edible fruits having many small achenes scattered on the surface of an enlarged red pulpy berry
  17. blubbery
    swollen with fat
  18. roasted
    (meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven
  19. ignored
    disregarded
  20. resume
    take up or begin anew
  21. mimic
    imitate, especially for satirical effect
  22. analyze
    break down into components or essential features
Created on Mon Jan 21 15:04:29 EST 2013 (updated Mon Jan 21 15:23:52 EST 2013)

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