Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Vocabulary- 17

The interminable roachs were so persistent that it almost seemed intuit to simply leave them alone.








As long as you can throw the dime within the relative proximity of the circle you are just as likely to win the game.





She worked laboriously throughout the day and night.









The situation was calm and relaxing and everyone seemed to be in a state of tranquility.









The plan was to synchronously begin singing "Happy Birthday."






The tortuous road caused a few people to feel sick, it put others to sleep.









(my personal photos for extra credit)

1.interminable - (adjective) incapable of being terminated; unending.
2.intuit - (verb) to know or receive by intuition.
3.laboriously- (adjective) requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance.
4.proximity- (noun) nearness in place, time, order, occurrence, or relation.
5.reticence - (adjective) disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved.
6.senescent- (adjective) growing old; aging.
7.shroud- (noun) a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.
8.situation- (noun) manner of being situated; location or position with reference to environment
9.synchronously- (adjective) occurring at the same time; coinciding in time; contemporaneous; simultaneous.
10.tortuous- (adjective) full of twists, turns, or bends; twisting, winding, or crooked.
11.tranquility- (noun) quality or state of being tranquil; calmness; peacefulness; quiet; serenity.

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