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wonderment

[wuhn-der-muhnt]

won·der·ment

[wuhn-der-muhnt]
noun
2.
a cause or occasion of wonder.

Origin:
1525–35; wonder + -ment
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Wonderment is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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wonderment (ˈwʌndəmənt)
 
n
1.  rapt surprise; awe
2.  puzzled interest
3.  something that excites wonder

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