Vocabulary #2

UTMOST

Greatest or highest degree I am sure that he will be of the utmost use to me in your cases. Turning your homework in is of the utmost importance!

STOUT

bulky in figure; heavily built; corpulent; thickset; fat I found him in deep conversation with the heavyset, elderly gentleman with fiery red hair… The stout gentleman half-rose from his chair and gave me a look of greeting. It is no wonder his mom calls him stout; he has eaten two double-bacon cheeseburgers for lunch everyday for the past 3 years!

PECULIAR Peculiar

Peculiar Strange, odd or unusual The peculiar nature of the story makes me anxious to hear it once more. I thought the green hovering lights and loud noises outside my window were very peculiar.

ASTONISHED

to fill with sudden and overpowering surprise or wonder; amaze Mr. Wilson was astonished when Mr. Holmes guessed what he had done. The passengers in the safari Jeep were astonished when a giant giraffe bent her head into the window of the Jeep and licked a small child.

WILL

to give or dispose of (property) by a will or testament; bequeath or devise. (To give upon death) Because of the will of the late Ezekiah Hopkins, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, there is now another opening in the League. When my grandfather died, he left me his old Ford truck in his will.

ELIGIBLE

Fit or proper to be chosen; worthy of choice; desirable; qualified All red-headed men who are sound in body and mind are eligible to apply. To be eligible for the Army, a man must be in great physical shape, willing to take orders from others, and capable of keeping calm in scary situations.

CELLAR

a room, or set of rooms, for the storage of food, fuel, etc., wholly or partly underground and usually beneath a building. He dove down into the cellar to develop all of his pictures because it was dark. In the scary movies, they seem to lock up a lot of victims in underground cellars and leave them for a long time.

BURROW

a hole or tunnel in the ground made by a rabbit, fox, or similar animal for habitation and refuge. He looked like a rabbit going into its burrow when he went to the cellar to develop his pictures When Bambi went to look for his new friend, Thumper, he found him hiding out in his burrow to stay dry from the rain.

OCCUPATION

a person's usual or principal work or business, especially as a means of earning a living; vocation; job This need not interfere very much with one’s other occupations. Before I could enroll in college, my counselor made me look over a list of possible occupations that I might be interested in after graduating.

APPLICANT

a person who applies for or requests something; a candidate He said a few words to each of the applicants who came in; however, he always seemed to find a reason to disqualify every one. What would an applicant wanting to become president put on his resume?