scrawl	[ˈskrȯl]		[Irregular, possibly illegible handwriting.]
illegible	[(ˌ)i(l)-ˈle-jə-bəl]		[Not clear enough to be read; unreadable; not legible or decipherable.]
senate	[ˈse-nət]		[In some bicameral legislative systems, the upper house or chamber.]
slack	[ˈslak]		[a pair of trousers that are in the style of trousers worn as part of a suit, and that are considered fairly formal but not as formal as a suit.]
assiduous	[ə-ˈsij-wəs]		[Hard-working, diligent or regular (in attendance or work); industrious.]
uncanny	[ˌən-ˈka-nē]		[strange and difficult to explain.]