Crafty, Crafty
Words for Sneaking
Around
Due Monday, February 30
OPTIONAL: Provide the definition of the following words. Include the
dictionary definition and a translation of the dictionary definition into your
own words. Write an original sentence for each word.
- Astute
- Clandestine
- Coup
- Disingenuous
- Ruse
- Stratagem
- Surreptitiously
- Wary
- Wily
Her astute way of thinking always created a stratagem to manipulate the problem in her favor; he would have stopped her, however, he didn’t catch the ruse she had impeccably executed.
ReplyDelete- Emma A.
It was my intention to ruse her with the sour cream cake; everything would have turned out right, however, if I had remembered which of the two cakes was the gag.
ReplyDeleteI thought I was finally making new friends at the school, however, I later found out it was simply a ruse to get a share of the cupcakes my mother baked me every Thursday.
ReplyDeleteThe young athlete had an advantage over his opponents; he was much younger, however, his opponents were wily and quickly exploited his weaknesses.
ReplyDeleteI orchestrated a ruse to sneak out of the house, however, my mother was astute enough to figure out what was going on and caught me when I was slithering out my bedroom window.
ReplyDeleteMy cats grow wary when I stare at them; they probably think I'm plotting to pick them up and cuddle their little fluffy beings, however, I am just curious what they're up to because their behavior is a bit odd for cats.
ReplyDeleteI surreptitiously filled my cup with chocolate milk again. I was forced to give a disingenuous apology, however, once my friend was left without any chocolate milk.
ReplyDeleteWord: Ruse.
ReplyDeleteAs my friends and I travelled the woods we left crumbs of food behind us, however, 'twas all a ruse meant to entrap the object of our long travels into our arms; the evasive Sasquatch.
My mom doesn’t like a lot of popular songs these days because of their extreme use of profanity, however, I find the music quite calming and purchase songs clandestinely in spite of her.
ReplyDeleteAbraham Windelehoo was never a very clever boy, however, when it came to dinner time, he became a wily little rascal, never having to eat the vegetables off of his plate
ReplyDeleteA mysterious woman walked by, however, while my friend was talking to me about how he surreptitiously obtained some top secret stratagems that could help me in my quest.
ReplyDeleteThe AKP was a secret society that held clandestine meetings regularly, however, reporters finally caught them and the secret meetings are no more.
ReplyDeleteSurprisingly, the former-failing student was demonstrating awesome comprehension about the novel following his rigorous reading of SparkNotes' chapter summaries; his surreptitiously achieved knowledge proved useless, however, against dubious Mr.Klein: who randomly decided to assign an allusions pop quiz.
ReplyDeleteWhen turned off, the GT-R sports it's discreet body lines, however, once the throttle is really opened up it's unwary acceleration launches the car from a complete standstill to 60 MPH in 2.8 seconds.
ReplyDeleteI was aghast that my parents were wary that my plans were not actually to go bowling later that night; it could be said, however, that these were suspicions were well founded, as I defeated my own stratagem for a fun-filled night of knocking down pins by falling asleep in my parked car, never even leaving the driveway.
ReplyDeleteOne must be wary of Andrew’s wily stratagems implemented to win arguments; his tricks, however, can be overpowered by maintaining an astute mind and a whole lot of determination.
ReplyDeleteThe coup eventually turned the country into a dictatorship; this didn’t work, however, many people enjoyed the astute leadership council.
ReplyDeleteHe thinks he is extremely wily, however, he can't even beat me at chess.
ReplyDeleteFelines are very wily, and can steal food from me very stealthily, however, they don't realize that I am just as wily, and can steal their food with just as much stealth; what I do with it they know not.
ReplyDeleteMy surreptitious stash of candy was skillfully hidden; my dad wouldn’t have found it, however, if a trail of candy wrappers hadn’t given it away.
ReplyDeleteHe was excited when his father offered to take him out to lunch, however, it turned out to be an elaborate ruse to get him to help with a variety of errands.
ReplyDeleteI spotted an Easter egg that was surreptitiously lurking behind the curtains, however, I located it ten months too late.
ReplyDeleteIn 1991, conservatives within the Russian Politburo attempted a coup to remove Gorbachev; this, however, didn't work and Gorbachev remained president until Yeltsin took over after the Revolution of 1991.
ReplyDeleteEvery day at lunch, we hold a clandestine meeting in the D Hall stairwell where we have EPIC Pokemon battles, however, I've won so many times that they kicked me out. But it's fine, I'm not bitter or anything. I'm talking to you, Frank. >:(
ReplyDeleteWhen in arguments with Jessica I must vary my stratagems: I treat it like chess; Jessica, however, is always a few steps behind.
ReplyDeleteBen left me a list of his wily ways of working at Waverly Country Club, however, he is much sneakier than I am so I would never be able to complete the list.
ReplyDeleteMy clandestine, solitary rendezvous under the stars provided me with peace and bliss, however, I began to grow wary of the consequences I'd face if my mother found out until I remembered she was an ocean away on the beaches of Kauai.
ReplyDeleteMy ruse was designed to scare everyone, however, my blabber mouth best friend gave away the secret.
ReplyDeleteThe ruse my astute sister was hatching might have deceived a commoner; this was not her first time, however, so my well-trained wary senses easily detect her attempts at formulating a coup no matter how surreptitious she strains to be.
ReplyDeleteArchibald disingenuously lied about the surreptitious stratagem he had sent via telegraph to the front lines of battle, however, the wily interrogators warily intercepted his ruse and astutely started a clandestine coup in return.
ReplyDeleteI didn't intend to disabuse him earlier because I think it's funny he believed in a race of subterranean crab people; I am, however, sorry he decided to use your surreptitious "for this and that" money to fund his quest of actually creating said crab people.
ReplyDeleteI thought my stratagem to nap would be enough to get me out of building furniture today,however, my mothers coup actions were able to drag me into it.
ReplyDeleteMy old friend went about his usual clandestine business of selling drugs, however, I was confident he wouldn't be in business for long after I posted his secret to a blog.
ReplyDeleteHe had a surreptitious air and couldn't stop fidgeting when she pointed out his lie, however, she couldn't figure out his ruse.
ReplyDeleteI have though very long and hard about staging a coup because of these puns for vocab, however, they do bring a small smile to my face in the middle of my day.
ReplyDeleteFrom Coby:
ReplyDeleteHis escape was supposed to be clandestine and surreptitous; his knocking over the cart of cymbals, however, ruined his chances of not getting caught.
From Brian:
The ruse my astute sister was hatching might have deceived a commoner; this was not her first time, however, so my well-trained wary senses easily detect her attempts at formulating a coup no matter how surreptitious she strains to be.
From Whitney:
I was rather excited when the characters on my favorite television show began plotting a coup against the enemy, however I knew their stratagem would likely backfire.
From Maurie:
My attempt to snack before dinner had almost been done in clandestine fashion; my mom couldn't see me from the living room, however, she could definitely hear the ping of my fork hitting the ground when I dropped it.
From Lexie:
The boy thought he was clever, however, he was no match for his wily sister who was always showing him up with crafty tricks.