VOCABULARY CHALLENGE 116 TESTLA

VOCABULARY CHALLENGE 116 TESTLA

Can you make a story with these 10 random words:

CURTAIL CUT SHORT
CAPITAL GOVERNMENT CENTER/MONEY TO MAKE MONEY
ENCROACH TRESPASS
FOPPISH OVERLY DRESSED
OPPOSITION ENEMIES
TACITURN RESERVED IN SPEECH
EPHEMERAL SHORT-LIVED
VAGARY UNPREDICTABLE ACTION
COMPILE COLLECT
VISIONARY DREAMER

The taciturn foppish man Tesla was a visionary.
He had an ephemeral job, working for Edison curtailed
by a dispute over a patent.
It is one of the vagaries of history that he would become
Edison’s main opposition in the field of electricity.
Edison had compiled patents and fought those who encroached on them.
However; Tesla got capital from George Westinghouse and invented a new
type of electricity - AC current.

The reserved formally dressed man Tesla was a dreamer.
He had an short-lived job, working for Edison ended
by a dispute over a patent.
It is one of the oddities of history that he would become
Edison’s main opposition in the field of electricity.
Edison had collected patents and fought those who infringed on them.
However; Tesla got seed money from George Westinghouse and invented a new
type of electricity - AC current.

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