Vocabulary Challenge

Okay, you will be given 5 words by the person above you. Your goal is to put those 5 words into a sentence or paragraph. It must make sense. Then you leave 5 words for the next person.

Here is your first 5 words to start you off

alabaster, citizen, snow, baroque, chimney.

The citizens were very proud of the new chimney added to the mayor's house. It looked very baroque, and was made out of white alabaster. Especially now that it snowed, the house's lacy elegance was emphasised by the addition.

Like this?

I'll go on then...

document, swimming, coach, crimson, painful

document, swimming, coach, crimson, painful

The swimming coach wore a painful expression as he looked at the document in the crimson folder, he could not believe he was being sued.



genius, elephant, professor, resort, flashback

In a flashback, it occured to the professor that it had been the work of a genius to create a spa resort for animals.

notebook, century, park, billion, jumper

notebook, century, park, billion, jumper


He had given me a million reasons why I should not go to Century park and write in my notebook. Today I should have listened. I had to watch as the police tried to talk a jumper off the roof of a building.

sincere, breakfast, highway, refund, hotdog

sincere, breakfast, highway, refund, hotdog

After my quick and unusual breakfast - I had had a hotdog and a cold cup of lemon tea - I drove along the highway, mentally rehearsing the sincere speech I would give to my employees about allowing refunds.

banana, monitor, clock, squirrel, champagne

banana, monitor, clock, squirrel, champagne

I sat with my pet squirrel drinking champagne as I watched the clock. Finally the monitor lit up and i got the message that the doorman was on his way up with my banana.

dominion, monkey, jet, tequila, captain

Hunny, you are not by any chance watching Deep Space Nine right now?


dominion, monkey, jet, tequila, captain

"The dominion of the monkeys is finally over, we have destroyed all their jets!", announced the captain, as the barman handed out another round of tequila.



terrorist, pineapple, Southern, gender, osmosis

The terrorist sat back in his office chair, sipping freshly made pineapple juice plotted to take over the Southern United States, but to no avail. His watching of Osmosis Jones caused great gender confusion.

terrorist, pineapple, Southern, gender, osmosis

A southern person of the "gentler" gender ate a pinapple through osmosis. She had gotten this technology from a terrorist.

*solveig-I don't watch Deep Space Nine, I like The Next Generation and Voyager though. Deep Space Nine should have been title deep space soap opera.

nickel, pluto, row boat, panic, carrot

nickel, pluto, row boat, panic, carrot

Bugs Bunny was beginning to panic. His rowing boat was sinking, he was out of carrots, and Pluto had stolen his last nickel!

cockroach, minute, janitor, honeysuckle, domino

cockroach, minute, janitor, honeysuckle, domino

"I'll be there in a minute!" yelled Cockroach the janitor. He took one more sniff of the honeysuckle, bent and picked up his domino and went inside.


whistle, spacestation, fiction, pencil, greenery

The constable dropped his pencil when he heard a sharp whistle from the greenery. He looked up, and saw a large space station, much like the ones in bad science fiction movies, slowly lower itself onto a spot right next to him.

pester, mill, teddy bear, twitch, dormouse

Lucy, a dormouse no older than 3, hugged her teddy bear close, her hands twitching with fear.
"Give me the bear. It's all they want!"
Lucy squeezed her eyes shut and hugged the bear closer, ignoring her pestering brother. Lucy's brother shook his head in irritation as suddenly, the door to the mill creaked open.


Train, Zebra, Loathe, Cry, Dirt.

Train, Zebra, Loathe, Cry, Dirt.

Once upon a time, there was a zebra in a train that wanted to cry. It absolutely loathed being trapped in a car--it was wishing that it could roll around in dirt instead.

Reply, Nightstand, Dandelion, Sheep, Time

Zara Sahana 007 wrote:

Train, Zebra, Loathe, Cry, Dirt.

Once upon a time, there was a zebra in a train that wanted to cry. It absolutely loathed being trapped in a car--it was wishing that it could roll around in dirt instead.

Reply, Nightstand, Dandelion, Sheep, Time

As I lay in bed, passing the time by staring at the books on my nightstand and counting sheep, I heard an eerie voice call my name. I replied, "Who is it" but he said nothing.

Smile, excited, love, piano, tutu

Dressed in her pink tutu, Angelica smiled excitedly when she entered the room in which her true love was playing the piano (with his delicate, long fingers, and now go figure re: cheesiness!)

feet, panda, oak tree, shelf, hunger

"I'm so hungry I could eat an oak tree!" I yelled at my pet panda as I put my feet up on a shelf.

socks, music, French Fries, fingernails, thunderstorm

Magda wrote:

"I'm so hungry I could eat an oak tree!" I yelled at my pet panda as I kicked a bookshelf.

socks, music, French Fries, fingernails, thunderstorm

As I ate french fries and listened to music to drown out the thunderstorm, I balled up my socks and threw them across the room while contemplating painting my fingernails.

philematology, squirrel, cherry, fulvous, clown

I'm a bit of an obscure word nerd and I realized my other one was much too easy

If you want me to post the definitions feel free to ask

philematology, squirrel, cherry, fulvous, clown

*I actually had to look up some of these words. Apparently "Philematology" is the science of kissing. Also, fulvous is a dull yellowish color*

While I was sitting in my room studying philematology with my friend, Jason (weird, I know--the name was random, though), I noticed a circus tent outside my window. We decided to head over to see what was going on. Along the way, we saw a squirrel swipe a cherry from the neighbors. Upon arriving at the circus, we were greeted by a clown dressed in a fulvous-colored outfit.

Paper, flute, diamond, revolver, inferno

When she found out that while she'd been sleeping, her paper doll had come to life and stolen her diamond ring and switched her flute for a revolver, she cursed that paper doll into the deepest inferno she could imagine.

Kleptomaniac, bunny, snore, dinner, calculus

Magda wrote:

When she found out that while she'd been sleeping, her paper doll had come to life and stolen her diamond ring and switched her flute for a revolver, she cursed that paper doll into the deepest inferno she could imagine.

Kleptomaniac, bunny, snore, dinner, calculus

Since the kleptomaniac couldn't get a job due to the fact that he failed calculus, he stole the snoring bunny while the guard was at dinner.

amaranthine, grammaticaster, arctophily, zug, and, my personal favorite: antidisestablishmentarianism. Knock yourselves out.

Zara Sahana 007 wrote:

Train, Zebra, Loathe, Cry, Dirt.

Once upon a time, there was a zebra in a train that wanted to cry. It absolutely loathed being trapped in a car--it was wishing that it could roll around in dirt instead.

Reply, Nightstand, Dandelion, Sheep, Time

The boy stared at the dandelion on his nightstand, then noted the time: 10:45 pm. His mother came up just as he hurried to pull the blankets over his head, making it appear as if he'd fallen asleep awhile ago. "I know you're awake," his mother said. Timothy turned around, defeated, to face his mother after she figured out he was awake. "It's really late. You should be asleep by now. Why aren't you?" Timothy groaned, then sighed. "I have a hard time falling asleep, because the sheep wallpaper really creeps me out. We should change it," was his reply. His mother looked at him for a second, then turned around to shut the lights and close the door.

Magic, Flutes, Crackers, Homework, Comedy--five words just off the top of my head. Good luck!!

Magic, Flutes, Crackers, Homework, Comedy

For my homework today, I needed to read The Divine Comedy for English. I also needed to practice The Magic Flute by Mozart for the upcoming concert. Since I had trouble concentrating, and because I wanted to procrastinate, I decided to waste time by munching on some crackers, so I could avoid the flute playing.

Btw, that sentence is completely true...

Message, snowshoe, fiesta, notebook, power

Katie wondered who had scribbled the message in her notebook that they were going to steal her snowshoes. Well, whoever it was, she'd locked them up in her closet along with some leftover fiesta decorations. The thief have to have magic powers to get at them now.

megaphone, crown, checkers, printer, gallivant