Vocab Practice: Turgid

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This word appeared on the Cool Word Club website on June 4, 2015.

Let’s do a practice round!

Turgid means:

A) Cloudy and polluted
B) Generally shallow
C) Excessively salty
D) Swollen or distended

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Cool Word Challenge: Oblique and Turgid

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Cool Word Challenge: Just for fun, come up with one sentence that uses both of the cool vocabulary words that you learned this week.

Here are the words again:

Oblique: Having a slanted direction or position; indirect or evasive.

Turgid: Swollen or distended; excessively ornate or complex in style or [Read more…]

A Home to Turgid Waterways…

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The country of Bangladesh in South Asia is home to more than 150 million people and a collection of massive and powerful rivers.

Although they are an important natural resource and a critical support to the country’s agricultural industry, excessive rain often causes these rivers to overflow.

During monsoon season, [Read more…]