Due February 2
When the Going Gets
Tough
Words to Describe a
Struggle
- convoluted
- cryptic
- futile
- impede
- obscure
- quandary
I’m a Loser, Baby
Words to Describe the Lazy
- indolent
- insipid
- listless
- torpor
Monday, January 26, 2015
Vocab Fore!
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Every morning in chemistry, my first class of the day, I sit in torpor while staring at the clock.
ReplyDeleteBrianna B.
ReplyDeleteI answered his question with a cryptic smile, letting my hair fall over my face. That’s when he accused me of being a riddle book before storming off.
Chemistry lab instructions seem to be written in some convoluted code that only the great Bill Nye could decipher.
ReplyDeleteSince the school year just started, the teacher’s lecture was convoluted to the students.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure I used this right.
ReplyDeleteTrying to find one person in a huge hospital I’d never been to before left me quandary.
I understand quandary as simply being a confusing or difficult situation. I'm pretty sure your sentence is fine.
DeleteYou've got the meaning but quandary is a noun. You don't say "left me state of uncertainty" in the same way you don't say "left me quandary". You would want to say "left me in a quandary".
DeleteMy main concern was the form of the word. I didn't know if there was some other form of it that should be used or not. Thank you for the feedback!
DeleteTwo hours into Mr. Windelehoo’s presentation, Rosemary and Bob started sending crytip hand signals to one another about how they were going to break out of this torture; Rosemary was just praying her dog had gone rabid on campus.
ReplyDeleteParents always seem to think that their teens are up to no good, they even research “Texting Decoders” to understand their apparently cryptic messages.
ReplyDeleteHis steps were listless as he tiredly wobbled up the steep stairwell.
ReplyDelete-Emma A.
Ben has a listless attitude at work when he has been up late partying the night before.
ReplyDeleteThough some see Andy Warhol's works as revolutionary, others see them as insipid, only produced in order to turn a better profit.
ReplyDeleteCrazy cat ladies are superb at translating the cryptic actions of cats; that's why they're crazy.
ReplyDeleteI'm in a quandary trying to choose which college I should apply for.
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ReplyDeleteFutile:
Sentence: It will be futile to check the patriots footballs to make sure they are fully pumped up.
Mack Civil
After I slept through my alarm, my hope for getting to school on time was futile.
ReplyDeleteMy second grader’s intricate story is convoluted; there is no way the rodeo clown could be in two places simultaneously, not when his time travel powers were being sapped by his evil twin.
ReplyDeletePulling up the blue tile was futile; I should just give up on trying to redecorate this bathroom because it’s pointless.
ReplyDeleteMy brother's futile attempt at parking a vehicle forced to burst into laughter; apparently he misread the legal parking distance to be less than 36" rather than 12".
ReplyDeleteI am in a quandary because I don't know how to confront someone about their strong belief that chocolate milk comes from brown cows.
ReplyDeleteThe Seahawks defense impeded the Patriots offense.
ReplyDeleteShe tried to explain her morals to me over dinner, but I found them to be convoluted and was still confused by the end of the night.
ReplyDeleteAt midnight her mind was almost as convoluted as it was dark.
ReplyDelete(listless)
ReplyDelete"We continued going about our duties with a listless attitude that brought time to a near halt as the day droned onward in the mid-summer heat."
I was stuck in a quandary; should I go talk to Pfefferkorn like my friend wanted to or should I ignore everything and just forget; my life was in the balance.
ReplyDeleteWith the addition to girls, my life feels like a convoluted contraption created by Wile Coyote with the intent to capture the Road Runner, especially because it always backfires.
ReplyDeleteHer story gets more and more convoluted every year; she never tells the same order of events, or events for that matter.
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ReplyDeleteWhen my sister refuses to go on hikes and instead watches a movie disinterestedly, I become annoyed that she is such a torporific person.
A bear is unaware of his lucky warmth because on a brutal brumal night a blizzard may blow by and in his torpor he will be none the colder.
ReplyDeleteWhen my mom texts: "Miranda, I need to talk to you." I get a cryptic feeling.
ReplyDeleteIs Obscure being used correctly?
ReplyDeleteAllan and Sarah may have preferred for Jumanji to remain obscure, until they met Peter and Judy.
The following students found themselves in quite a quandary when, for its own cryptic reasons, the internet impeded their attempts to post a sentence to the blog:
ReplyDeleteWhitney I:
I can only imagine the quandary faced by die-hard Seahawks fans who are likely devastated after tonight's loss.
Jessica H:
Despite their extreme, over-the-top efforts, the three men’s attempts to win
Beth’s love were futile: Beth did everything in her power to stay away from them.
Holli C:
They were in a quandary over the meaning of the map and it consumed their whole mind, so much that they didn’t notice that they took a wrong turn on the way to their room.
Sequoia R:
Though I was trying to listen, I found it difficult to focus while my head was spinning from her convoluted story.
Luda V:
All through finals week I’m in a bit of a torpor; I walk up and down the halls mumbling incomplete sentences and avoiding all eye contact.
Maurie H:
High school relationships can be complex and convoluted; it's probably best to stay away from them.
Breana E:
I found myself in a quandary when it came down to choosing between State Championships for dance or performing in Ireland for a week.
Brian F:
My parents claim I have a cryptic voice, saying that I “mutter incomprehensibly” more often than not.
Lexie E:
I sit in a torpor daze every morning, trying to decide if I have the energy to get up and press the snooze button on my alarm clock.