Dramatic Verbs Vocabulary

Question 1

List Dramatic Verbs

Answer 1

Snared, disturbed, smashed, blazed, swayed, tormented, straggling, lacerating, plunged, clashed, crackled, penetrated, blistering, jolted, splitting, darted, collapsed, trembled, engulfed, scurried, flickered, twitched, shattered, obliterated, throbbing, shuddered, exploded, oozed, quivered, gushed, raged, toiled, twisting, writhed, swelled, crept, flapped, collided, pummelled, punctured, dissolved, clenched.

Question 2

Snared

Answer 2

Catch or trap someone.

Question 3

Swayed

Answer 3

Control or influence.

Question 4

Straggling

Answer 4

Grow, spread, or be laid out in an irregular, untidy way.

Question 5

Lacerating

Answer 5

Severely critical or hurtful.

Question 6

Jolted

Answer 6

Push or shake (someone or something) abruptly and roughly.

Move with sudden lurches.

Question 7

Toiled

Answer 7

Work extremely hard or incessantly.

Move slowly and with difficulty.

Question 8

Writhed

Answer 8

Make twisting, squirming movements or contortions of the body - “he writhed in agony on the ground”.
Respond with great emotional or physical discomfort to (an intense or unpleasant feeling or thought) - “she bit her lip, writhing in suppressed fury”.

Question 9

Pummelled

Answer 9

Strike repeatedly with the fists.