Find 5 words in your reading that you don't know. List them AND their definitions - www.dictionary.com - and then use them in a sentence.
DEWLAPPED -- a pendulous fold of skin under the throat of a bovine animal.
* The woman signed up for the gym when she felt her skin starting to dewlap.
REPUTABLE -- honorable; respectable.
* Brian's family finally found a reputable doctor which he trusted with his life.
HUCKSTERS -- One who uses aggressive, showy, and sometimes devious methods to promote or sell a product.
* Walking in New York you may be distracted by the hucksters.
ROGUE -- An unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person; a scoundrel or rascal.
* Lauren decided to befriend Ginny because she felt she was a rogue.
TATTERDEMALION -- a person in tattered clothing; a shabby person.
* You will never see a tatterdemalion on the red carpet.
1 comment:
Good word choices!
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