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.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
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