My sister's homework is more fun than studying for my oral. Can you find all 24 of her vocab words?

Feb 20, 2006 14:08

There once was a comely cat, with an amiable nature and handsome visage, named Mistoffelees. His demeanor was gentle and good and, in general, he was a very inoffensive cat, rarely in anyone's way. The mess he made in the litterpan, however, was hardly inoffensive. In fact, his caretaker frequently vilified the very odious act of cleansing the pan ( Read more... )

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donna_moss February 20 2006, 18:28:57 UTC
Caretaker, comely, amiable, visage, demeanour, villified, odious, copious, woebegone, perturbed, inadvertent, agitatedly, dross, desolating, vituperative, saturated, congestion, rue, lament, ajar, bounding, consoled, assumption, atone, brightened? -V.

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rulerinmyhair February 22 2006, 13:50:27 UTC
Cross out caretaker, brightened, amiable, and assumption, and stick in anew, rummaged, chum, and inoffensive.

Good job! I figured they were mostly easy to pick out. Some of them are really useless. Like "dross." I mean, I'd think that word was made up, seriously. People just say "waste," or "garbage," or even "shit." No need for "dross." Then again, I suppose there are a lot of words like that in the English language.

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