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  • 81Sir Gawain and the Green Knight — (ca. 1375–1400)    Often considered the most elegantly written and stylistically perfect ROMANCE in MIDDLE ENGLISH, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight survives in only one copy and is found with three other poems in MS Cotton Nero A.x, Art. 3, in… …

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  • 82hospital — [13] Like hospices, hostels, and hotels, hospitals were originally simply places at which guests were received. The word comes via Old French hospital from medieval Latin hospitāle, a noun use of the adjective hospitālis ‘of a guest’. This in… …

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  • 83climate — n. 1) a friendly; hospitable; inhospitable; invigorating climate 2) an arctic, frigid; continental; clamp; dry; hot; humid; maritime; Mediterranean; mild, moderate, temperate; severe; subtropical; tropical; warm; wet climate * * * [ klaɪmɪt]… …

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  • 84gracious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. gentle, courteous, tactful; kind, thoughtful, benign; affable, obliging; generous; charming, attractive. See benevolence, courtesy. Ant., ungracious. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Genial] Syn. amiable …

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  • 85sociality — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Association with others Nouns 1. sociality, sociability, sociableness, friendship, bonhomie; social intercourse, community; fellowship, fraternity, companionship, camaraderie; familiarity, intimacy;… …

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  • 86friendly — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Well intentioned] Syn. amiable, amicable, sociable, affable, cordial, congenial, approachable, kind, kindly, helpful, sympathetic, well disposed, neighborly, civil, peaceful, warm, loving, affectionate, fond, warm… …

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  • 87Liberality — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Liberality >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 liberality liberality generosity munificence Sgm: N 1 bounty bounty bounteous bounteousness bountifulness Sgm: N 1 hospitality hospitality Sgm: N 1 charity …

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  • 88inhospitable — (adj.) 1560s, from M.Fr. inhospitable (15c.), from M.L. inhospitabilis (equivalent of L. inhospitalis), from in not (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + M.L. hospitabilis (see HOSPITABLE (Cf. hospitable)) …

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  • 89inhospitable — [[t]ɪ̱nhɒspɪ̱təb(ə)l[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n An inhospitable place is unpleasant to live in. ...the earth s most inhospitable regions. ...the island s inhospitable climate. Ant: hospitable 2) ADJ GRADED If someone is inhospitable, they do… …

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  • 90congenial — adjective 1) very congenial people Syn: hospitable, genial, personable, agreeable, friendly, pleasant, likable, amiable, nice; companionable, sociable, sympathetic, comradely, convivial, simpatico; like minded, compatible …

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