wordly wise book 5 lesson 20
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25 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 ample | Plenty; more than enough large in size |
| burden | Something that is carried, especially a heavy load anything that is hard to bear |
| compassion | A feeling of sharing the suffering of others and of wanting to help; sympathy; pity |
| compassionate | The state of showing compassion |
| comply | To act in agreement with a rule or another's wishes. |
| cumbersome | Awkward and hard to handle; unwieldy. |
| distress | To cause pain or sorrow; to trouble or worry. |
| encounter | To meet unexpectedly, To be faced with. |
| exert | To put forth effort |
| exertion | The act of tiring oneself; a strong effort. |
| indignant | Angry or resentful about something that seems wrong or unfair |
| indignation | Anger that is caused by something mean or unfair |
| jest | A joke or the act of joking |
| mirth | Laughter; joyfulness expressed through laughter. |
| moral | A useful lesson about life. |
| outskirts | The parts far from the center, as of a town. |
| resume | To begin again after a pause |
| ridicule | To make fun of; to mock |
| ridiculous | Laughable; deserving of mockery. |
| burden | to add to what one has to bear |
| distress | pain sorrow worry |
| encounter | To be faced with. |
| jest | To joke or say things lightheartedly. |
| moral | having to do with what is right and wrong; being good and just |
| ridicule | Words or actions intended to make fun of or mock |
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