First Blog Post for Water For Elephants

Vocab.
tchotchke: an inexpensive souvenir, trinket, or ornament.
inevitable: 1.unable to be avoided, evaded, or escaped; certain; necessary: an inevitable conclusion.
2.sure to occur, happen, or come; unalterable: The inevitable end of human life is death. –noun
3.that which is unavoidable.
perplexed:.bewildered; puzzled: a perplexed state of mind.
2.complicated; involved; entangled.
coot:1.any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
2.any of various other swimming or diving birds, esp. the scoters.
3.Informal. a foolish or crotchety person, esp. one who is old.
pneumatic:–adjective
1.of or pertaining to air, gases, or wind.
2.of or pertaining to pneumatics.
3.operated by air or by the pressure or exhaustion of air: a pneumatic drill.
4.filled with or containing compressed air, as a tire.
5.equipped with pneumatic tires.
6.Theology. of or pertaining to the spirit; spiritual.
7.Zoology. containing air or air cavities.
–noun
8.a pneumatic tire.
9.a vehicle having wheels with such tires.