Action verbs Flashcards
till
Till is defined as to prepare land for crops to be planted by plowing and fertilizing
till the land properly
Dart
Dash/rush
Inch
move along slowly and carefully
Jar
Jolt/Jerk.
Strike against something with an unpleasasnt vibration /jolt
Jab
Poke, vaccine
Eg. A jab of envy
Harass
Disturb
Jam
Stuck
Knife
To betray or attempt to defeat by underhand mean
- to move like a knife in
birds knifing the autumn sky
Stick the knife in
be malicious or vindictive towards (someone)
keel
- Capsize
- bottom of the boat ( steel supporting backbone of the boat)
Leap
Jump over/ vault over
Phrasal verb - A leap of leopards
Nick
- Catch someone doing something wrong
- Steal something
- a cut in a surface on an edge
- good condition
- also means prison
- to jot down
Just in the nick of time
at the last possible moment
Pander
A PIMP/ Procuring
- Do immoral things, procuring prostitute
-Procuring or pandering is the facilitation or provision of a prostitute or other sex worker in the arrangement of a sex act with a customer.
raid
Attack
Rally
reassemble
Ransack
Go through a place stealing things and causing damage
Ram
Thrust
Ravage
Ruin or cause severe damage
Sap
to weaken or destory
Scale
Flake off
Ravage
Ruin or cause severe damage
Scamper
Run with small quick steps in fear or excitement
vault
- Arch ( noun )
- Jump over something
Wade
walk with effort through water
paddle
Wedge
Squeeze
Yank
Sudden hard pull
Pull with a jerk
Yield
Submit to urging,
persuasion , or entreaty ( an earnest or humble request)
To give way to pressure or influence
Zap
destory or obliterate
hurl
throw
