Thursday, May 22, 2008

Vocab

Interminable

interminable - incapable of being terminated

Indiana Jones is intemrinable. No matter how far in over his head he gets, he always comes out alive. I really hope number 4 doesn't suck tonight.


Tranquility



tranquility - calmness; peacefulness; quiet; serenity

When we visited this place called the Golden Pavilion in Japan I thought it was the most tranquil place I have ever been to. We visited it when the sun was setting which made it even more traquil.


Tortuous



tortuous - full of twists, turns, or bends


The Viper rollercoaster at Six Flags is tortuous. It's full of hills and loops.


Senescent



senescent - growing old


Harrison Ford is like 65 now but despite his senescence, he did Indiana Jones 4, which I am seeing tonight and I really hope it doesn't suck :) .


Proximity


proximity - nearness in place, time, order, occurrence, or relation


I am so glad there is a Panda Express within th proximity of my house. I can walk there when ever I want!

Laboriously



laborious - requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance

It is laborious to be able to skate like Willy Santos.


Intuit


intuit - to know or receive by intuition


Ross Roemer greatly intuits history. He lways knows the facts and spots the fallacies.


Reticence


reticence - reserved

Old people usually have reticence, not in a bad way though. It's more of a relaxed, mature thing.


























































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