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2007-03-26 06:27:07 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference Homework Help

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protruding - to thrust forward or cause to project

recoiled - to fall back under pressure, to shrink back physically or emotionally

ensued - to strive to attain, to take place afterward or as a result

reverential - expressing or having a quality of reverence; inspiring reverence

pious - marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship; marked by conspicuous religiosity

obliquely - not straightforward; neither perpendicular nor parallel

deluge -an overflowing of the land by water; a drenching rain; an overwhelming amount or number

exertion - a laborious or perceptible effort

forlorn - sad and lonely because of isolation or desertion


The broken tooth was PROTRUDING through his pulpy lips as Sonny Liston pounded his opponent ferociously.

After opening the cover of the dumpster, Janet RECOILED from the stench.

Following the confusion that ENSUED in the free-for-all, Rodney discovered that he had lost his wallet.

Bishop Parker attempted to teach the new deacons a REVERENTIAL attitude for something more than basketball.

Alexandria pointed out that true, PIOUS devotion required more than merely attending church after seeing her brother sleep through the service.

Chester slapped the puck OBLIQUELY across the rink to create the opportunity for Mickey to take the score.

Mirriam and Stephen, caught unprepared without their umbrella, were drenched from head to toe in the sudden DELUGE that fell.

Coach Griswald told the Eagle wrestling team that real EXERTION would be needed to win against the more powerful Tiger wrestlers.

Sophie was FORLORN as she bitterly realized that no matter the choice she had picked, someone she loved would walk out of her life forever.

ONE QUESTION: Will you be footnoting my assistance since I assume you will simply copy and paste this for your homework, or will you just plagerize my work? (plagerism - theft of intellectual property for one's personal gain, specifically written work which is not cited and presented as one's own work)

2007-03-26 06:51:10 · answer #1 · answered by stonechic 6 · 0 1

Bone was protruding through the gaping wound.
- Protruding: To jut out, push/thrust outward.
She recoiled from the electric shock.
- Recoil: To spring back, recoil from firing a gun, to recoil in fear or disgust.
As the days ensued, he recovered his strength.
-Ensue: To follow in order/To follow as a consequence.
He was filled with reverential awe for the soldier.
-Reverential: Of the nature of or characterised by reverence (awe/deep respect)
The monk was a pious man, he was devoted to his cause.
-Pious: a dutiful reverence of God or earnest wish to fulfill religious duty. Can sometimes be a hypocritical concern with religious duty,
They remarked obliquely about the man's affair.
- Obliquely: In an oblique (indirectly stated/not straightforward) manner.
Water fell through the ceiling in a great deluge. There was a deluge of mail.
-Deluge: A greater flood of water/ Anything that may overwhelm e.g. deluge of emotions.
He made a great exertion to help others.
-Exertion: Vigorous/great action or effort.
He gave us forlorn glances of despair. It was a wide and forlorn field.
-Forlorn: Desolate, dreary, unhappy/miserable, feeling of hopelessness.

2007-03-26 06:44:54 · answer #2 · answered by Mercutio 4 · 0 0

There is something protruding from your pencil case.
->Protrude means to project out of something (or stick out of something).

The gun recoiled when it was fired.
->recoiled means To spring back, as upon firing.

Everything was chaotic when the riot ensued.
->Ensued means to follow as a consequence or a result.

The peasant was reverential before the king.
->Reverential means to be in reference (or with deep respect for something).

The priest was very pious.
->Pious means to have or showe a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.

The car turn obliquely.
->Obliquely means to, toward or at one side (on an angle).

A deluge of mail.
->Deluge means anything that overwhelms like a flood.

The dog was tired of running and passed out from the exertion.
->Exertion means a vigorous action or effort

The little girl was lonely and had forlorn look on her face.
-> forlorn means a wretched or pitiful in appearance or condition.

2007-03-28 05:18:38 · answer #3 · answered by Tamara 4 · 0 0

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