Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

JMcBeach (United States of America)
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  1. announce
    make known
  2. advertise
    make publicity for; try to sell
  3. commercial
    connected with or engaged in the exchange of goods
  4. combination
    the act of bringing things together to form a new whole
  5. complain
    express discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
  6. pastime
    an interest or pursuit that someone pursues regularly
  7. mumble
    talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
  8. delicious
    extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
  9. advantage
    the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
  10. repeat
    say or state again
  11. discuss
    consider or examine in speech or writing
  12. insult
    treat, mention, or speak to rudely
  13. reptile
    a cold-blooded vertebrate including snakes and lizards
  14. impress
    have a powerful and usually positive effect on
  15. brilliant
    full of light; shining intensely
  16. motion
    the act of changing location from one place to another
  17. relieved
    made easier to bear
  18. recognize
    perceive to be something or something you can identify
  19. pollution
    contamination of the natural environment
  20. examine
    observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect
  21. imitate
    reproduce someone's behavior or looks
  22. inspect
    look over carefully
  23. accident
    an unfortunate mishap
  24. appointment
    a meeting arranged in advance
  25. supervise
    watch and direct
  26. innocent
    free from sin
  27. demonstrate
    give an exhibition of to an interested audience
  28. patience
    good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
  29. suggest
    make a proposal; declare a plan for something
  30. naughty
    badly behaved
  31. embarrassed
    feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious
  32. measure
    determine the dimensions of something or somebody
  33. celebration
    a joyful occasion for festivities to mark some happy event
  34. notice
    the act of paying attention
  35. tantrum
    a display of bad temper
  36. manage
    be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
  37. committee
    a special group delegated to consider some matter
  38. equipment
    an instrumentality needed for an undertaking
  39. practical
    guided by experience and observation rather than theory
  40. ruin
    an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
  41. fling
    throw with force or recklessness
  42. threaten
    utter intentions of injury or punishment against
  43. attention
    the act of concentrating on something
  44. agency
    the state of being in action or exerting power
  45. sparkle
    emit or produce sparks
  46. beckon
    summon with a wave, nod, or some other gesture
  47. strand
    a group of fibers twisted together to form a thread or rope
  48. concentrated
    gathered together or made less diffuse
  49. aisle
    a long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods)
  50. conclusion
    a position or opinion reached after consideration
  51. ingredient
    a component of a mixture or compound
  52. concoction
    the act of creating something by compounding or mixing
  53. peer
    look searchingly
  54. attendant
    a person who is present and participates in a meeting
  55. emergency
    a sudden unforeseen crisis that requires immediate action
  56. dreary
    lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
  57. miserable
    very unhappy
  58. gloomy
    depressingly dark
  59. disgusting
    highly offensive
  60. experiment
    the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation
Created on Mon Jul 22 22:46:41 EDT 2013 (updated Sat Jul 27 00:51:08 EDT 2013)

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