Vocabulary Enricher

Hello and welcome to by blogpost. This meeting I was the vocabulary enricher.
These are the words I found interesting or that were new to me:

1. (Pg. 15) Dog-tired - to be dog-tired is to be worn out or tired.
My own sentence: He was dog-tired after his baseball practice today.

2. (Pg. 18) Scullery - a small room,usually at the back of the house, used for washing dishes or preparing food before sent into the kitchen
My own sentence: Sometimes my mom annoys me because she spends almost all of her day in the scullery.

3. (Pg. 20) To loathe - to feel disgust for
My own sentence: Just because she acts that way towards me doesn't mean I loathe her.

4. (Pg. 43) Oblige - to favor, service
My own sentence: I had to oblige her just because she was my boss.


5. (Pg. 43) Pious - showing appropriate respect
My own sentence: I chose to be pious towards her because of her breathtaking artwork.


6. (Pg. 65) Dejected - depressed, low in spirit
My own sentence: I was very dejected when I found out Lizzy was sick.

7. (Pg. 65) Disdain - despise
My own sentence: She disdained her after what she did to Emily.


8. (Pg. 70)  Emancipate - to free
My own sentence: She loved to talk about the emancipation of women.


9. (Pg. 83) Ulcer - any chronically disrupting condition
My own sentence: Mr. M had to have a surgery for his stomach ulcer.


10. (Pg. 87) Indigent - lacking food, clothing often due to poverty
My own sentence: They were all  so indigent during and after the war.