Wordly Wise 3000-Book 9-lesson 4

Dee B. (United States of America)
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  1. adage
    a condensed but memorable saying embodying an important fact
  2. camaraderie
    the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability
  3. contend
    be engaged in a fight
  4. contention
    a dispute where there is strong disagreement
  5. extraneous
    not essential
  6. hubbub
    loud confused noise from many sources
  7. meander
    an aimless amble on a winding course
  8. odoriferous
    emitting a smell, especially an unpleasant smell
  9. paraphernalia
    equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles
  10. punctilious
    marked by precise accordance with details
  11. recuperate
    restore to good health or strength
  12. regale
    occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
    Charlie regaled the guests with his funny stories.
  13. sedentary
    requiring sitting or little activity
  14. Spartan
    of or relating to or characteristic of Sparta or its people
  15. temporal
    characteristic of this world rather than the spiritual world
  16. wry
    humorously sarcastic or mocking
  17. wry
    bent to one side
Created on Thu Oct 24 15:03:47 EDT 2013 (updated Mon Oct 28 16:58:37 EDT 2013)

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