Saturday, October 6, 2012

Vocab

First, thank you all very much for showing much more class than students from Tualatin High School.

Second, here are some sentences for your vocab, yo.

1. There is a large refectory offering a wide selection of dishes from around the world.
2. Dandling the baby makes her laugh.
3. The pendulous beam caused me to think the ceiling would collapse.
4. The factotum was responsible for preparing, serving and clearing the dishes.
5. It was obvious the sprucely furnished dining room had just been redecorated.
6. After missing curfew, the girl shilly-shallied in the door, hoping to delay seeing her parents.
7. After spending the day digging holes for fence palings, all I wanted to do was watch Gossip Girl.
8. The woman's muzzy directions caused us to get lost several times.
9. The solicitous librarian spent over an hour helping me find books.
10. The drunken babel made no sense.
11. The girl's bilious vomiting concerned her parents.
12. The family's extreme privation forced them to eat dead baby raccoons.
13. The incrustation of grime was impossible to clean up.
14. The audience's palavering stopped when the president took the stage.
15. The students' odious behavior after the game deserved reprimand.
16. The students expostulated against the teacher's decision, forcing her to move the test to Tuesday.
17. The vehemence of her argument forced me to reconsider. 
18. The councilman was widely believed to be in collusion with members of organized crime.
19. After running over my neighbor's cat, I showed contrition in my apology.
20. The woman didn't like to wait in line so she tried circumventing the entire process.
21. Many consider the owners and players to be implacable enemies.
22. Despite my pleas, the woman remained inexorable in her decision to cancel Here Comes Honey Boo Boo.
23. We quickly became acclimatized and were soon able to go outside without jackets.
24. Though the monster seemed threatening, he was really quite benign.
25. Voldemort's execration scared everyone, even Harry.

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