Thursday, September 3, 2009

Atrocious

The Word: Atrocious

Part Of Speech: Adjective

The Source Sentence and (Page Number):
" The items he has picked up on clearance tables range form merely useless, like his portable siren, to atrocious, like birds madw of felt". (44)

Context Clues:
Stuffed birds are gross and dirty, like taxidermy.

Definition:
!. Extremly evil, or savage, or cruel: An atrocious crime. 2. Exceptionally bad; abominable: astrocious decor. -Atrociously adv. - atrociousness N.

Your Original Sentence:
The service in the restaurant was atrocious.

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