List With Mrs H. Flashcards
To leak slowly.
Verd.
the rain is _ _ _ _ ___through my sneakers on this very rainy day.
Seep.
mental pain.
Verb.
“The mother might --- over her son taking his first driving lesson.”
Agonize.
Synonym: sad, depressed, down in the dumps.
_ _ _ _.
Adjective
Glum
Synonym: Spooky, creepy.
_ _ _ _ _
eerie
Adjective
To pull
Pluck
Filled with anger inside.
adjective.
Seething
Get or bring something Back.
You might _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ your cell phone from the car.
Verd.
Retrieve
Argue about petty and trivial matters.
Verb.
Bicker
Of little importance.
“The officer did not arrest the teen for the _ _ _ _ _ crime”
Adjective.
Petty
To Answer.
“my mom turns back to the store pleased with her _ _ _ _ _ _”
(A short clever response to someone’s comment or question)
Retort
Angry or annoyed due to unfairness.
“I was ----- because I thought that I had been punished unfairly”
Indignant
Move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion.
Jolt
a quick, sharp, sudden movement.
Jerk
with little or no delay, immediately.
Promptly
of a rich deep red color inclining to purple.
Crimson
Pounce
Pounce
strange or odd; unusual.
synonyms: funny, odd, queer, strange, unusual.
peculiar
adjective.
“My uncle is a peculiar man who wears the same outfit several days a week”
“The medicine made me feel peculiar as though I was walking on needles”
To be _ _ _ _ of something is to like it. Sports fans are _ _ _ _ of sports. Oddly, this adjective can also mean foolish and silly.
fond
adjective.
“Are you fond of dogs?” asked the prince.”
(More: We’re all fond of some things and people: the things and people we like. Being fond can mean anything from liking something a little (“I’m fond of that band”) to be extremely, almost absurdly interested in something (“He’s a little too fond of football”). This word sometimes implies foolishness and absurdity: almost like you love something so much that you’ve lost your mind. But usually being fond is a good thing: it just means you enjoy something.)
The sound that you make when you exhale loudly to show frustration, boredom, or relief is called a _ _ _ _.
sigh.
noun or verb.
“I sighed and looked at the pile of pale-blue cardboard on the table.”
(More: Something that sounds like a human sigh is also called a sigh. The breeze might sigh in the still night air, or a screen door might sigh closed. The word sigh comes from the Old English word of the same meaning, sican, which was probably imitative, echoing the sound of a sigh.)
disappointed look.
Full second definision: of a person’s face twisted into an expression of disgust, disappointment, or annoyance.
wry
adjective
עֶצֶב
beyond sad: it’s a word for the gloomiest of spirits.
can bo used as noun or adjective.
Melancholy.
examples:
“I thought, Jane, you had told me all. I thought I had found the source of your melancholy in a dream.”
deviate
verb.
to change form norm.
“you must not deviate from agreed route”.
