Perfunctory- automatic; unthinking; without expression

To have everything completed for them, the humans had robots that were your typical

perfunctory machine, completing assigned tasks for them.

Meticulous- taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough

To cut his grass meticulously, Mr. Rogers must use scissors, making each and every strand of grass the

exact same length.

Lament- to express grief for or about; deplore; mourn

To see Denise lamenting over her breakup with her boyfriend, her friends couldn’t help, but to be there for her.

Paraphernalia-furnishing used in or necessary for a particular activity; equipment; supplies

To practice for softball, the team must bring various amounts of paraphernalia such as bats, bases, softballs, water and

helmets.

Despotic- repressive; authoritarian; domineering

To quit from being told what to do and what not to do, he grew up into a despotic, cruel man, allowing no one to boss him around.

Tangible- real; concreteTo have a wild imagination, you’d

have to release all tangible thoughts, believing in the

impossible.

Sensuous- gratifying to senses; pleasurable; luxurious

To smell the perfumed flowers of may, it’s so sensuous that it instantaneously covers me with an invisible, soothing cloak of warmth.

Prima Donna- indicating the most important performer or

role; star; divaTo be a prima donna, it took Celine

Dion a copious amount of labor, dedication, and determination.

Garrulous- talkative; wordy; excessively talkative

To simply hinder a person from becoming highly garrulous, rip off a piece of duck tape, then place it over

their mouth.

Syntax- the way in which words are arranged; order; structure

Mush Mouth, to be honest, had a horrific problem with syntax that

whenever he spoke, the words he’d say wouldn’t come out correctly.

Sagacity- wisdom; intelligence; knowledge

To be considered as the smartest man that ever lived, Albert Einstein contained an

immense amount of sagacity, stored away within his head.

Ravenous- extremely hungry; starving; famished

To eat another human being, I’d have to be a walking skeleton, overly

ravenous for anything that appears edible.

Parsimonious- frugal or stingy; penny-pinching; tightfisted

To be the ultimate scrooge, you’d have to have a parsimonious, cold

heart.

Virulent- highly deadly; poisonous; lethal

To watch the news about countless men dying out at war, shooting virulent weapons on a daily basis, causes me to have empathy for

them, as well as their families.