Thursday Prompt: Grab Bag!

This week we're going to do something really fun. A grab bag challenge! Grab bag challenges are fantastic to improve vocabulary, stretch your muse, and tickle your imagination with just a list of words.

Take this list and use all 10 words in your story, poem, or essay. You must use all 10 but not in this order. If you want a real challenge use them in the order they're listed. *whew*  You can use the word more than once in your story, poem, or essay. The story can be of any genre or word count, just let your muse free and see what you come up with.

Let's get to it here's that list!

survey

Mercury

podiatrist

neither

bootstraps

stampede

sparseness

excrete

canvas

stump