Vocab Story - Spartan Sammy

Spartan Sammy slept in shoddy shacks. (Short substratum!)
Spending sumptuous summers saliently skulking, so saturnine:
Seldom solicitous (surely not a soupcon), she sent sufficiently sardonic, surly smacks.
...Sammy's sobriquet succumbed to "Slovenly Spleen"


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1. spartan (adj) - marked by self discipline or self denial / marked by simplicity, frugality or avoidance of luxury and comfort
2. shoddy (adj) - poorly made or done
3. substratum (n) - an underlying support, foundation
4. sumptuous (adj) - lavish
5. salient (adj) - standing out conspicuously
6. skulk (v) - to slink, to move in a stealthy or sinister manner
7. saturnine (adj) - cold and steady in mood, sullen, gloomy disposition
8. solicitous (adj) - expressing concern / apprehensive / meticulously careful / eager
9. soupcon (n) - tiny amount, bit
10. sardonic (adj) - sarcastic, skeptically or disdainfully humorous...like everyone at Columbia
11. surly (adj) - menacing or threatening in appearance, sullen, crabbed
12. sobriquet (n) - nickname