OKAY - so it's a NON-Poem - or is it?

Necessity is the Mother of Invention!
So I cheat a little here and there - just a Tad!

There are at least two things in here that I never heard of before. How about you?

SURELY I GEST !

(pronounced Jest - Poetic License claimed here)

© - Tom Hyland - 10-23-08


To Stop or Slow a Process = Arrest.
An Order or Request = Behest.
To Take by Force of Arms = Conquest.

To Process Food In the Body = Digest.
To Excrete Something from a Cell or Organism = Egest.
A Gathering for a Specific Activity = Fest.

A Welcome Visitor = Guest.
The Top or Uppermost = Highest.
Take Food or Water In = Ingest.

To Act, Write, or Speak Cleverly = Jest.
The Parliamentary Legislature of Israel = Knesset.
In Order to Prevent Something Happening = Lest.

To Force Unwanted Sexual Attentions = Molest.
A Shelter Made by Birds = Nest.
Age - Longest in Tooth = Oldest.

Somebody or Something that is a Nuisance = Pest.
A Search for Something = Quest.
To Ask Somebody to Do Something = Request.

To State a Choice, or Alternative = Suggest.
A Trial Run in Order to Gauge Something = Test.
Most Repulsive Face or Façade = Ugliest.

A Sleeveless, Collarless Waist-length Garment = Vest.
Compass Point Directly Opposite East = West.
Abbreviation of Clothing Size - Extra small = XS.

- OR -

The Horizontal Axis = X-axis.
Assent, Agreement, or Affirmation = Yes.
Lively Enjoyment or Enthusiasm = Zest.


Guess I’m Just Jesting?

But, Isn’t That The Best-Est Test?

? ? ?

© - TKH