Friday, April 14, 2006

Today's Vocabulary

Paroxysm-
Adrianna was allergic to her smelly younger sister and was afflicted by a paroxysm of sneezing, coughing, and swearing each time Adora ventured near.

Onerous-
The massive black poodle was an onerous presence in the household, and gave the entire family a sense of impending doom.

Perspicacity-
Beastie had a certain lack of perspicacity; she failed to realize she was actually a beastie and spent most of her life pretending to be human.

Virago-
Felisa had not yet been presented with her morning coffee and was thus acting like a virago.

Vitriolic-
The electric eel had a bad attitude and was prone to making vitriolic remarks.

Dilettante-
Professor WigglyMumph claimed to know a great mixologist but he was really only a dilettante.

2 comments:

Seeds of Learning said...

Adora was allergic to her unbearably smelly older sister Adrianna and began a paroxysm of sneezing, swearing, and coughing. Adrianna began acting like a virago and jumping on Adora's head, throwing apples all around the room.

Seeds of Learning said...

oh shut the hell up.

~a.j.s