Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Vocabulary Enricher

1. Memorial- something designed to preserve the memory of a person, event, etc., as a monument or a holiday. "Mum iron-ing in our cottage, the memorial service for Dad with the choir singing, the Midsummer Bonfire flairing up into the sky- "  (85)

2. Triumphant- having achieved victory or success; victorious; successful "I feel triumphant " (98) 

3. Hazy-  lacking distinctness or clarity; vague; indefinite; obscure; confused: a hazy idea "But it's hazy, distant" (98)

4. Gullies- a small valley or ravine originally worn away by running water and serving as a drainageway after prolonged heavy rains. (112)

5. herring-  an important food fish, Clupea harengus harengus, found in enormous shoals in the North Atlantic.(109)

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