PROPITIOUS


pro-pish-us
Convenient. Favorable. Kind. The weather today is propitious. prop.it.ious = proper it to us

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You read a histrionical book.
What kind of book is it?
A dramatic one.
Histrionical means dramatic or spectacular.

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You are mete your meed of a mead.
What did I say?
...You are given your part of a meadow.
Mete means to give or divide.
Meed means a part or a portion.
Mead is a meadow or a field.

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You are in a boat on the bay.
Your eyes widen! A storm looms ahead.
You realize you are in a skiff.
What did you realize?
That you are in a small boat.
A skiff is a small boat.

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I'm so hungry!
I ask you for spahgetti.
You give me spagetti.
But I am still hungry! Why?
Because you did not give me spaghetti.



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