Word #1

Jason Yang

Mass Com 100W M/W 3pm

Word #1



Anomalies

Source: http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11599340?IADID=Search-www.mercurynews.com-www.mercurynews.com (Mercury News Website)

How it was used: “The examination revealed anomalies in the cargo that turned out to be 816
packages of the drug.”

Definition: noun plural 1. A deviation from the common rule.
2. Someone or something anomalous
3. An odd, peculiar, or strange condition.
4. An incongruity or inconsistency.
5. Astronomy. A quantity measured in degrees.

All definitions apply except for # 5. (noun)

My sentence: The foreigners were viewed as anomalies because they were unfamiliar with the native tongue.