Vocabulary Building

• Parcels refer to packages, often wrapped, for carrying or mailing.
• Mothballs are scented items used to protect stored clothing from pests.
• A wardrobe is a large cabinet for storing or hanging clothes.
• Inquisitive describes someone curious and eager to learn, often asking questions.
• Melancholy is a feeling of sadness.
• Jollification means lively celebration or merry-making.
• Eternal is lasting forever, without end.
• Wringing is twisting something to force liquid out.
• Spiteful means mean, cruel and wanting to hurt others.
• Stern describes a serious, strict personality, especially with rules.
• A sledge is a vehicle with runners for moving loads on snow or ice, often pulled by animals.
• A hoax is an act meant to deceive people into believing something untrue.
• Snappishly means speaking in an irritable, sharp, or angry tone.
• Turkish Delight is a jelly-like treat with nuts, cut into cubes and dusted with sugar.
• Dominions encompass all territories, resources, and people under a governing body's control.
• A mantle is a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape.
• Superior means higher in rank, status, or quality, or having an attitude of being above others.
• Probable means likely to be true or logical.
• Sniggers are quiet laughs, often at someone else's expense.
• Jeering involves loudly making rude and mocking remarks or shouting insults.
• Fraternizing means forming a friendship or socializing.
• Treason is betraying one's country, especially to overthrow its leader.
• Harboring means sheltering or secretly hiding something or someone.
• A larder is a storeroom or cupboard, usually near the kitchen, for keeping food.
• Beckoned means signaling someone to come nearer, often with a head or hand gesture.
• Modest means not overly proud or boastful.
• Boughs are the branches of a tree.
• Trifles are things of little value or importance.
• Treacherous means guilty of betrayal or deception or dangerous due to unreliability.
• A stratagem is a plan or scheme to outwit an opponent, often involving deceit.
• Despair is the complete loss of hope.
• Jinn are vengeful spirits in Arabic folklore capable of taking any form.
• A turret is a pointed structure atop a tower or wall.
• Ventured means dared to do something risky or dangerous.
• Spectacles are eyeglasses.
• Gloating means taking pleasure in one’s own success or another’s misfortune.
• Plaguey means troublesome or annoying.
• Cordial is a comforting, sweet drink that can be medicinal or alcoholic.
• Solemn means serious, formal, and respectful; not cheerful.
• Ivory is a hard, white animal tusk, used for making decorative objects.
• Gaiety is happiness and cheerfulness.
• Vermin are wild animals considered pests that can carry disease.
• Repulsive means extremely disgusting or offensive.
• Sulkily means in a bad mood or pouting manner.
• Bane is a source of harm, ruin, or death.
• Rampant means rearing on hind legs, ready to attack.
• A pavilion is a large, open structure, often without walls.
• A standard is a ceremonial flag carried on a pole.
• Rabble refers to a disorderly crowd or mob; a lawless group.
• Muzzle is a covering to prevent biting, or to restrain speech.
• Resistance is the act of opposing or fighting back.
• Whet means to sharpen a blade.
• Vile means extremely unpleasant, wicked, or nasty.
• Romp means to run and jump about in play, to frolic.
• Incantation refers to spoken or written spells used to create magic.
• Prodigious means remarkably great in size or quantity.
• Ransacking means going through quickly in a desperate search.
• Remnants are remaining parts or leftovers.
• Just means fair, morally right, and acting with honesty.
• Revelry is a lively and noisy festivity or celebration.
• Valiant means showing determination and bravery.

Expand your vocabulary with definitions for words like 'parcels,' 'mothballs,' and 'wardrobe.' Learn the meanings of descriptive terms such as 'inquisitive,' 'melancholy,' and 'spiteful.' Discover what is meant by jollification, eternal and Turkish Delight.