Weekly Vocab #1.1.10 (repost #1)

Last posted: May 31st, 2002

> From: Aidan Grey <grey@...>
>
>   Brought to you by a (architecture), d (directions), and subordinate clauses.
>
>   Note: I'm going to give fewer context sentences since it seems that 10 is too
> many.
>
>   1. house
>   2. wall
>   3. door
>   4. threshhold
>   5. window
>   6. lock (v or n)
>   7. room
>   8. bathroom
>   9. corner
>   10. ceiling
>
>   My house has a door that faces north, but windows that face east and west.
>
>   That unusual house has 6 walls per room.
>
>   The threshhold is where the door is.
>
>   There aren't any locks on the doors, not even on the bathroom door.
>
>   In the southern corner, against the ceiling, there are many cobwebs.
>
>   Aidan
Bonus Vocab from WordNet:
This is randomly selected automatically, so in case it offends you
or you disagree, please either ignore or be inspired to make up
different words and/or phrases:

  - downy manzanita, n.
    erect openly branched California shrub whose twigs are woolly when young

  - camouflage, v.
    disguise by camouflaging; exploit the natural surroundings to disguise something;
    "The troops camouflaged themselves before they went into enemy territory"

Fiant verba!

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