Vocabulary Building Exercise

Vocabulary Building

• Conspiratorially means in a secretive or secretive manner.
• Piped in means to introduce or insert a sound or voice, especially unexpectedly.
• A clique is a small, exclusive group of people who share similar interests or activities.
• Baffling means extremely puzzling or difficult to understand.
• Fumbled means to handle or deal with something clumsily or ineptly.
• To put her feelings into words means to express or articulate one's emotions in a clear and concise manner.

Descriptive Language

• Supremely means to the highest degree or extent.
• A megawatt smile is a very bright and powerful smile.
• Unkempt means untidy or disheveled.
• Sealed means to make something secure or final.
• Dazzled means to impress or amaze someone.
• Casual means informal or relaxed.
• Inevitably means something that will definitely happen or is unavoidable.

Action and Movement

• Increasingly means to a greater degree or extent.
• Snapped means to break or separate suddenly.
• To sort yourselves out means to get organized or resolve a problem.
• Cajoled means to persuade or influence someone to do something.
• No avail means without success or effect.
• Strains means to pull or stretch something tightly.
• Flickers means to shine or burn with a weak or unsteady flame.
• Emanating means to come or originate from something.
• Jostled means to push or shove someone in a crowd.
• Buzz means a low, humming noise.
• Piping down means to reduce or quiet a noise.

Spatial Relationships

• Encircled means to surround or enclose something.
• Latter means happening or done near the end of something.
• Plastered means to attach or stick something to a surface.

Emotions and Feelings

• Anticipation means a feeling of excitement or expectation about something that is going to happen.