- A snowy winter day is not an anomaly, but a snowy July day is.
- A house without a roof is an anomaly—a cold, wet anomaly.
- A roofless house could be said to be anomalous. Something that is anomalous is
something that is not normal or regular.
Major bonus points to you if you recognized that anomaly is really the
product of two roots: ana- and nom-.
apprehensive (ap ruh HEN siv) adj worried; anxious
Mnemonic:
Whenever the farmer came to the barn with a butchering knife, the HEN became
FEARFUL.