Day 4

impede: to slow the progress of

My church just finished a huge reconstruction of our sanctuary. The lack of money, help, and a number of unfortunate natural disasters impeded the construction of the church. But, after three years, it is finally complete and the church was inaugurated on March 21, 2010.

indolent: lazy

Some teachers may look at our class and think that we are very indolent, but I beg to differ. Yes, we may seem lazy in some classes more than in others, but we get our work done which means we're NOT lazy and actually do our work.

insipid: uninteresting, unchallenging

Algebra I is sometimes an insipid topic for me when I took it in 9th grade. Since I had already taken it in 8th grade, the material was very dull and didn't give me much trouble.

listless: lacking energy

At this point in the school year it may seem normal for students to be listless after such a hard school year. But, the seniors have more than enough energy and work as hard as possible in order to get to Graduation faster than ever before.

alienated: removed or disassociated from (friends, family, or homeland)

My school's 6th grade class used to seem very alienated from the rest of the school. They have their own classroom that they stayed in all day, their own lunch hour, and their own dismissal time. But now, they interact with us a great deal and seem just as part of the school as every other student.

alliance: a union of two or more groups

Growing up with a lot of siblings meant for a lot of sibling rivalry. Therefore, we created alliances amongst ourselves to protect each other in case we got in trouble or if someone took something that was ours. I would always join with my older brothers and the youngest of my brothers and my older sister were always together.

embellish: to make beautiful by ornamenting; to decorate

My mom bought a blanket for both of my nephews that will be born in the next month. Seeing as they were a bit plain, she asked her friend to embellish them for her. They are now decorated with their name and date of birth.