Blog #1

1. Word: Extraordinary
Type: Adjective
Define: Very unusual or remarkable.
Derivative: extraordinarily (adverb) extraordinariness (noun)
Origin: Latin, from extra ordinem 'outside the normal course of events'.

2. Word: Manifestation
Type: Noun
Define: A sign or embodiment of something.
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3. Word: Monkey
Type: Noun
Define: A small to medium-sized primate typically having a long tail and living in trees in tropical countries.
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Origin: "of unknown origin, perhaps from Low German."

4. Word: Clarity
Type: Noun
Define: The state or quality of being clear and easily perceived or understood.
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Origin: Latin claritas, from clarus 'clear'.

5. Word: Cranky
Type: Adjective
Define: eccentric, odd.
Derivatives: crankily (adverb) crankiness (noun)
Origin: "originally in the sense 'sickly, in poor health': perhaps from Dutch or German krank 'sick'."

6. Word: Eccentric
Type: Adjective
Define: Unconventional and slightly strange.
Derivatives: eccentrically (adverb) eccentricity (noun)
Origin: "Greek ekkentros, from ek 'out of' = kentron 'centre'."

7. Word: Cull
Type: Verb or Noun
Define: Reduce the numbers of (animals) by selective slaughter.
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Origins: "Old French coillier, from Latin colligere 'gather together'."

8. Word: Cultivate
Type: Verb
Define: Prepare and use (land) for crops or gardening.
Derivatives: cultivable (adjective) cultivatable (adjective) cultivation (noun)
Origin: "Latin cultivare, from cultiva terra ;arable land'."

9. Word: Geranium
Type: Noun
Define: A herbaceous plant or small shrub of a genus that comprises the cranesbills.
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Origin: "Greek geranion, from geranos 'crane'."

10. Word: Orange
Type: Adjective
Define: Relating to Orangemen or their Order.
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11. Word: Monopoly
Type: Noun
Define: The exclusive or control of the supply of a commodity or service.
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Origin: "Greek monopolion, from monos 'single' = polein 'sell'."

12. Word: Protege
Type: Noun
Define: A person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced person.
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Origin: "French, 'protected'."

13. Word: Bookmark
Type: Noun
Define: A strip of leather or card used to mark a place in a book.
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14. Word: Spontaneous
Type: Adjective
Define: Performed or occurring as a result of an unpremeditated impulse and without external stimulus.
Derivatives: spontaneity (noun) spontaneously (adverb)
Origin: "Latin spontaneus, from sua sponte 'of ones own accord'. "

15. Word: Sweater
Type: Noun
Define: A pullover with long sleeves.
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Grace sat in a not so extraordinary blue cushioned chair as she prepared her homework. Typing away on her orange computer she couldn’t seem to relieve her mind of a picture she saw hanging in the library; a picture of a cranky monkey.
“Why would they put a picture of a cranky monkey on any wall?” she wondered.
Just sitting with complete lack of focus Grace decides to read a random book she sees under her desk.
“A random book,” she said, “Well I’m so bored, I think I’ll read it.”
She cracks the cover and the title page read The Eccentric Protégé Who Owned a Cranky Monkey.
Grace read the first half of the book and was touched by the protégé’s love for his cranky monkey. Although the cranky monkey wasn’t like “man’s best friend” nor was he a cat, Grace found that the cranky monkey, just like any other living animal (pet), deserved to be loved.
Seeing since time kept running, Grace had to place a bookmark in her book and seriously focus on finishing her homework.
“No more spontaneous random actions,” she said to herself.
But, being Grace only five minutes went by before she found herself surfing the web for a brand new sweater, a pink polka dotted sweater.
A random ad kept on popping up with four words on it: clarity, manifestation, cull, and monopoly. Grace didn’t care much for the first three words but when she saw the word monopoly, memories of playing the game as a child flowed through her mind. It was then that she decided her wedding theme would revolve around the one game she couldn’t win; monopoly.
Grace took a glimpse at the clock and, again, was back to work. She finally finished her English homework and was now on her science work. Grace was required to cultivate a patch of soil for a geranium.