My vocabulary is limited

it was served as a wake up call to me.

not being able to unscramble 6 letters that should form a meaningful word.

E U P N Y R

shera's fren was tutoring a pri 2 kid that needed some help with english hwk.

Armed with a pen and paper,

we were stumped in the train.

thinking.

and trying to make sense of it all.

BUT TO NO AVAIL.

i msged 4 of my darlings.

Noris msged 6!

my darlings replied.

"i dunno la"

" i dunno. is this a riddle i have to figure out? tell me the answer."

" malay or english?"

but only Eash replied.

"Penury"

i said : " what d hell is penury"

she replied: " a state of extreme poverty."

wow.

a primary 2 student is supposed to know the meaning of this word??

i mean when i was primary 2, i was still figuring out what is the meaning of 'haunted'.

herry confirmed the correctness of the word.

and shera's bf second that.

the 6 frens that noris msged however, did not reply.

LoL.

i sooo need to expand my vocabulary.