Exuberant (eks-u’ berant): Filled with or exhibiting great happiness.

— I have never seen her so exuberant.

Exhilarated (egz-il’a-rate): To feel very happy or excited.

— She was exhilarated by the news of her son returning from abroad.

Enraptured (en’ rap-chur’d): Filled with great joy and delight.

— The audience was enraptured by their performance.

Revel (rev’el): To get delight from doing something.

Bliss (blis): Perfect happiness.

— Having a vacation in the hills is a real bliss.

Exult (egz-ult): To show or feel great joy because of something that has happened.

Ravishing (rav’ish-ing): Delightful, extremely beautiful.

Gratification (gra’ti-fica’shun): State of being satisfied or pleased.

From "continental dishes" find words that give the meaning of the sentences given below. The first one has been done for you. No letter must be repeated more than once eg. An animal that lives in and around the sea and eats fish. (4 letters) — Seal.

1. A band of tissue that joins muscle and bone. (6 letters)

2. Making little or no sound. (6 letters)

3. Sleep in the afternoon. (6 letters)

4. Far away. (7 letters)

5. Occurring every hundred years. (10 letters)

6. Fights or serious arguments. (7 letters)

7. A smooth brightness. (5 letters)

8. A large number of fish swimming together. (5 letters)

Centaur — one of the ancient races of savage men living in the hills of Thessaly, who according to the Greek fable, were offsprings of Ixion and a cloud. In ancient works of art, the upper part of the body of the centaur was human, while the rest of the body was like that of a horse. This seems to have arisen from the fact that the Thessalians were celebrated horsemen.

Under the storm and cloud today, and today the hard peril and pain — tomorrow the stone shall be rolled away, for sunshine shall follow the rain. — Joaquin Miller.

Tendon, Silent, Siesta, Distant, Centennial, Clashes, Sheen, Shoal.

— Illa Vij