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Camaraderie

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Good will and warm feelings among friends

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Adage

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An old saying that has come to be accepted as true; a proverb

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Contend

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  1. To struggle with
  2. To maintain or assert
  3. A point made in an argument
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Extraneous

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Not necessary, irrelevant

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Hubbub

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Noisy confusion, uproar

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Meander

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To follow a winding course

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Odoriferous

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Having or giving off a smell

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Paraphernalia

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  1. Personal belongings

2. Equipment associated with a particular activity

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Punctilious

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Careful of and attentive to details, especially ones that relating to good manners and behavior.

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Recuperate

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To regain health or strength

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Regale

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To entertain or delight

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Sedentary

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Doing or requiring a lot of sitting

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Spartan

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Marked by simplicity and lack is luxury

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Temporal

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Relating to the everyday world as oppose to that which is spiritual or eternal

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Wry

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  1. Turned or bent to one side on distaste or humor

2. Amusing in a quiet but harp way

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