When the Going Gets
Tough
Words to Describe a
Struggle
Due Friday, February
3
Provide the definition for each of the following words that
you don’t know. Even if you think you are familiar with the word, you should
check its definition to confirm your understanding. For words you need to
define, include the dictionary definition and a translation of the dictionary
definition into your own words.
Write an original sentence for each word in the list,
whether you need to define it or not. Post one sentence as a comment. You only need
to post a sentence for one of the ten following words. Please type your work.
- convoluted
- cryptic
- futile
- impede
- obscure
- quandary
I’m a Loser, Baby
Words to Describe the Lazy
- indolent
- insipid
- listless
- torpor (torpor is a noun; what is the adjective form?)
A pang of hurt creased her face as she wavered listless before me, a torpid glaze over her eyes usually clear as crystal. No doubt another convoluted missing persons case with a face like that, and she’ll get down on her knees and beg me to take it no matter how I tell her a search in this city is futile. But I can’t be insipid about this, she deserves a chance. They all do, this client possibly more than others; that familiar spunk, that unmistakable moxy in her walk was flushed just like her color.
ReplyDelete-Madi Schreiter, P.4
We have reached a political torpor in our country.
ReplyDeleteThe indolent (and insolent) internet refused to post the following sentence:
ReplyDeleteI was in quandary when my English teacher told me to write an outline of an essay. I didn’t even know what to write about.
Levi S.
The only impediment to the project now was the lack of materials; fortunately, that was promptly solved by the youngest member of their team, who simply melted down all the inventor's "unnecessary" gadgets when he left for the night.
ReplyDeleteArguing with my mom is futile; she is always right.
ReplyDeleteMarissa Levy
Winter trimester brings a widespread feeling of listlessness to Oregon City High School.
ReplyDeleteI wish I could be like bears and become torpid in the winter.
ReplyDeleteKennah Watts
Logan's attempts to post have been futile, so I'll post for her:
ReplyDeleteThe affirmative's argument was convoluted, ultimately giving the debate round to the opposing team.
Logan B.
I believe that homework is futile, it is a waste of the teachers time and a waste of my time.
ReplyDeleteI don’t understand how some students can learn from the professor’s convoluted way of teaching.
ReplyDelete-Portia Bailey
Scully was faced with a quandary; her rationale was telling her that Mulder was only spouting off myths and fairy tales, but she had often found that some things were beyond rational belief.
ReplyDeleteFor its own cryptic reasons, the blog refuses to post Jordan's sentence. Here 'tis:
ReplyDeleteI made a futile attempt to clean my room, which undoubtedly ended on me napping on the floor.
Jordan C.
It was futile to get my teacher to accept my late work for her class; I wasn't going to take no for an answer.
ReplyDelete“The stone tablet’s instructions are quite cryptic,” Tharston proclaimed. “It reads ‘A sacrifice will bring you closer to that which you seek.’ I wonder what that means.”
ReplyDelete- Emilie-Alice Taylor P.5
Libertarians believe that government regulations impedes business, socialists believe that business impedes government regulation.
ReplyDeleteDr. Vile stroked his beard sinisterly, letting an alarming evil chuckle escape his lips. Well, he must have missed judged my ninja skills because he thought me trying to escape was futile. What an unfortunate mistake.
ReplyDelete- C-Dawg (Clara V)
The Raven was an essay that is very cryptic.
ReplyDelete~ Dakotah-Rae Mick
And here we are, once again, lost, drifting among Aligheri’s convoluted Cantos.
ReplyDelete- Aydan Parsons p.4
His wife was somewhat insipid.
ReplyDeleteThe nurse attempted to impede the steady flow of blood.
ReplyDelete-Caine Young Period 4
My parents told me I was the most indolent child they had ever seen; I was too lazy to argue against that.
ReplyDeleteMy indolence was starting to wear on my parents’ patience; they wanted me to get up and do something.
ReplyDeleteGrandidier’s Baobab, found only in parts of Madagascar, is a source of nightmares for devout "treehuggers" - a mature specimen typically has a lower girth of fifty or sixty feet during water-storing season, making it a exercise in futility to wrap one’s arms around the trunk!
ReplyDeleteNot a lot of the students showed they understood how cryptic the essay really was.
ReplyDeleteThe writing scrawled on the wall was cryptic in nature.
ReplyDeleteThe placement of the pirates treasure was obscure.
ReplyDeleteHe is creative and energetic and easily frustrated with indolence.
ReplyDeleteThe possible negative side effects of sleeping in a greenhouse with the shrubs she loved love deeply were obscure yet she was unafraid; this girl loved her plants like a child loves candy
ReplyDeleteHe went to the village elder and told him of his quandary.
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