Lithe - bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible Sentence: The dancer’s body was noticeably lithe as she moved across the stage.
Hewn - given a rough surface; felled or roughly shaped Sentence: The statue was hewn from the marble block.
Clamoring - a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people Sentence: A gunshot in the distance silenced the clamoring crowds for a moment, then quickly shifted to pandemonium.
Dank - unpleasantly moist or humid; damp and, often, chill Sentence: An odd chill came over the man as he entered the dank cellar.
Genial - warmly and pleasantly cheerful; cordial Sentence: He was a very genial host.
Vagabond - wandering from place to place without any settled home; nomadic Sentence: He was a vagabond; wandering from place to place, trying to find an area to settle down.
Soffits - the underside of an architectural feature, as a beam, arch, ceiling, vault, or cornice Sentence: Greg fixed the eaves with aluminum soffits to protect them from the elements.
Preened - to make one appear striking or smart in dress or appearance Sentence: He preened himself for hours to prepare for the upcoming ceremony.
Burgeoning - to grow or develop quickly; flourish Sentence: The mediocre piano player quickly burgeoned into a gifted virtuoso.
Cummerbund - a wide sash worn at the waist, especially a horizontally pleated one worn with a tuxedo Sentence: His tuxedo was very old, with a ragged collar and a ripped cummerbund dangling from his waist.
Contritely - caused by or showing sincere remorse Sentence: He was very contrite after stealing from his mother.
Chasm - a marked interruption of continuity Sentence: The long wait felt like an endless chasm in time.
Festooned – to adorn with
Sentence: The concert hall was festooned with ribbons and balloons for the celebrations.
Tithes - any tax, levy, or the like, especially of one-tenth Sentence: The government placed a heavy tithe on land purchases.
Lethargy - the quality or state of being drowsy and dull, listless and unenergetic, or indifferent and lazy; apathetic or sluggish inactivity Sentence: He appeared to be very lethargic as he dragged himself into the room.
Scruples - hesitate or be
body movement. Scientist believe that prions may be involved in communicating between cell death, neurons, and controlling sleep patterns. One of the diseases prions can cause is Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, or Mad Cow Disease. Humans cannot contract Mad Cow Disease because humans are not cows. They can’t contract it from eating red meat (i.e. hamburgers and steak). The only way a human can contract Mad Cow Disease is by eating the nerve tissue (brain or spinal cord) of an infected animal, meaning…
distance the chickens continuously fall over themselves and can be trampled to death due to the outstanding numbers of chickens vs. room in the farm houses. Cows are another example of the horrible abuse we do to these farmed animals. Farmers keep cows in a metal box the size of the cow. The farmers keep a hole in one of the four stomachs so they can manually feed the cows corn based feed instead of grass feed like cows are meant to have. The corn messes with the cow’s stomachs and overall health…
self content. Hindus are mocked by most because people think they worship cows. The truth is that they do not worship cows they view the cow as the symbol of life and a source of food, more like taboo. Hindus are often said to worship demons as opposed to searching for freedom or enlightenment. Many Hindu temples have been attacked my Muslims, because they are believed to be worshipping false gods and the devil. ("The Cow And Hinduism", 2007). I have gained a new perspective and a great deal of…
by a band of five heavy metal rockers that hail from the freezing shores of Olso, Norway. A take from the word “Dimmuborgir”, which translates to “dark castles” in Old Norse, Dimmu Burger prides itself in its dark, gothic, death metal theme, and its literally fresh from the cow, bloody rare hamburgers. While not achieving the same national market share compared to places such as MacDonalds, Wendys, and Burger King, Dimmu Burger has gotten a loyal share of crowds, mostly from hard rockers, goths, and…
Background: Mad Cow" disease, more correctly known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), became epidemic in Europe (firstin Great Britain in 1985) in the mid- and late 1980s. The disease is characterized by the formation of vacuoles (holes) inthe animal's brain, giving the brain a "spongy" appearance. As the disease progresses, the animal tremors, displaysabnormal and sometimes aggressive behaviors, and then begins to lose muscle control eventually leading to death. The appearance of BSE in…
To begin, it is immoral to eat meat due to the fact that animals are physically abused. Chickens are kept in small cages where they cannot even move or spread their wings out. Chick beaks are lazored off or debeaked so they won’t pick each other to death due to stress. Chickens end up becoming fragile and suffer broken bones as they are removed from cages. Even baby male chicks that are of no economic value are incinerated in a machine and killed instantly. According to a video I watched, pigs are…
2002 the dairy industry made an ambitious commitment to improve dairy farms’ environmental performance with the Clean Streams Accord. Thousands of kilometres of waterways have been fenced. Hundreds of new bridges and culverts have been built to stop cows walking through water on their way to the dairy, and streams are being planted with natives to improve biodiversity and stream health. It is a sign of how far we have come in such a short space of time that we’re already setting the bar higher.…
family with the vegetables and animals they produced Now, Naylor is broke, living on his wifes paycheck and government money He only grows corn and soybeans, and they cant actually be eaten, used to feed live stock Sun feeds legumes legumes feed cows cows feed legumes is broken Buschels per acre only matters, not how much money you make from it Due to a large sum of corn, farmers must find a way to use it: American factory farm There are two companys (Cargill and ADM) that control buy most of the…
and the Balance of Nature in the Rockies” Frank Clifford observes that, “By the end of 2007, wolves had been implicated in the deaths of about 2,700 livestock in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming in the dozen years since their reintroduction” (Clifford). In making this comment, Clifford argues that this number makes up a very small percentage of total causes of livestock deaths. Nonetheless, it has enraged ranchers throughout the West, with some even threatening to take matters into their own hands.…
slaughters a combined total of about 41 million cows, chickens, and pigs a week. At that rate, in only eight weeks, Tyson alone would kill off more animals than the entire U.S. population. Animal abuse is normally frowned upon in society. When someone imagines a puppy being beaten by its owner and crying in pain, one’s eyes would usually begin to swell up in tears. However, why isn’t the same sympathy expressed when it comes to farm animals such as chickens, cows, and pigs? Millions of Americans consume these animals daily…
