Sunday, April 17, 2011

Sentence #1

I postulate that Dumbledore is indeed a sagacious and rather hoary man. His perspicacity is unequivocal. He never upbraids corybantic students and doesn't show umbrage at Professor Umbridge, though she deserves it. He also never vacillates in his morals, nor is he prone to solecisms- he is a vestige of classier times.

postulate: to claim the existence of truth of
sagacious: shrewd, wise
hoary: very old
perspicacity: (see sagacious)
unequivocal: absolute, certain
corybantic: frenetic, frenzied
umbrage: offense, resentment
vacillate: to be indecisive, or to physically sway
solecism: grammatical mistake, blunder in speech

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