Creative Writing

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Creative Writing

• Vocab List 9
• The Third List of Insults

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cur

• The cur walked down the street with his mangy dog
  next to him. People got out of his way for the
  nasty sneer on his face and the way he mumbled
  such crude comments.
• N. a churlish fellow a worthless dog of low
  breeding

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simpleton

• By the time the con-artist hung up the phone, he
  had sold the simpleton a chair with no legs, an
  electric spoon, a diesel powered toaster, and a
  definition free dictionary.
• N. A stupid person a simple-minded person.

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mendicant

• The mendicant said, Hey, hey, give me a piece of
  gum, will ya? Come on, you can spare me a piece
  of gum. Please, please, please please?
• N. a beggar

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squander

• He squandered his free period by chucking pennies
  across the lobby. He could have been doing his
  vocab homework or researching his paper topic
  instead.
• V. to waste to spent frivolously

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asinine

• The asinine child thought it would be a goof idea
  to roll small boulders into the road. It was fun
  until the nine-car pileup occurred.
• Adj. foolish, inane

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unbridled

• The unbridled bar fight resulted in a brouhaha
  that the sheriff couldnt stop. There was no way
  to restrain the cowboys and outlaws from smashing
  bottle overheads and tossing each other over the
  banister onto fragile tables.
• Adj. unrestrained, often violently unrestrained

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ragamuffin

• The ragamuffin ran down the street. People
  looked in shock that anyone would let their child
  get so grubby.
• N. an ill-clad, dirty person, esp. a boy

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rancorous

• The rancorous monster roared in defiance of its
  captors. It bit the head off a Gamorean guard,
  then went after the small man in the black flight
  suit. The cranky monster had some bitterness
  about being locked in his cave, but did he have
  to take it out on Luke?
• Adj. filled with bitterness or hatred
• N. rancor (bitterness, hatred)

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craven

• The steam billowed from the cave. The craven
  knight fled from the monstrous, fire-breathing
  dragon. After he ran off, the two-foot tall
  dragon exited his lair.
• Adj. cowardly

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choleric

• The volunteer went up to the smiling man and
  said, Pardon me, sir, could ye spare a pence for
  the poor?
• The choleric man replied, Begone or Ill flay ye
  like a trout! Go away before I
• Adj. prone to anger hot tempered

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knave

• The knave thought it would be a good idea to pull
  a prank on the king by putting some dung under
  the thrown. His neck didnt appreciate it as it
  was stretched by a noose.
• N. a mischievous person
• Knavery n. mischievousness, the act of being
  mischievous
• Kanvish adj. mischievous

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virulent

• The anger towards the Crown grew virulent as it
  spread through the city. Soon, there would be a
  rebellion, and blood and death would reach across
  the realm.
• Adj. Malignant spreading evil and disease
  poisonous