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"She changed her gown for a more comfortable and commodious wrapper."
Adjective
[kuh-moh-dee-uhs]
1.spacious and convenient; roomy
2.ample or adequate for a particular purpose |
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"She was not a supercilious or an over-danity woman."
Adjective
[soo-per-sil-ee-uhs]
1.haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression. |
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"In the lulls, Robert ans his mother exchanged bits of desultory conversation."
adjective
[des-uhl-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
1. lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
2. digressing from or unconnected with the main subject; random: a desultory remark. |
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"The picture of the tragedian stood enframed upon her desk."
noun
[truh-jee-dee-uhn]
1. an actor especially noted for performing tragic roles.
2. a writer of tragedy. |
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"Each house consisted of two compartments, and each family at Lebrun's possessed a compartment for itself, fitted out with all the essential paraphernailia of the bath..."
noun
[par-uh-fer-neyl-yuh, -fuh-neyl-]
1. (sometimes used with a singular verb) equipment, apparatus, or furnishing used in or necessary for a particular activity
2. (used with a plural verb) personal belongings.
3. (used with a singular verb) Law. the personal articles, apart from dower, reserved by law to a married woman. |
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