Vocabulary Building

Bold: Describes someone courageous and daring.
Cunning: Being skilled at deception to achieve goals.
Deed: An action, often notable or significant.
Doze: To sleep lightly or briefly.
Jagged: Having a sharply uneven surface or edge.
Positive: Confident and optimistic.
Respect: Admiring someone or something due to their abilities, qualities, or achievements.
Responsible: Accountable for one's actions.
Smuggle: To import or export goods secretly and illegally.
Version: A particular form of something differing from other forms of the same thing.
Division: The act of separating something into parts or groups.
Mental: Relating to the mind.
Outcome: The result or consequence of an action or event.
Pastime: An activity done regularly for enjoyment; a hobby.
Promote: To support or actively encourage.
Rate: A measure, quantity, or frequency, typically one measured against some other quantity or measure.
Regret: Feeling sad or disappointed over something that has happened or been done.
Talent: Natural aptitude or skill.
Theory: A set of principles on which the practice of an activity is based.
Tournament: A series of contests or competitions.
Benefit: An advantage or profit gained from something.
Complete: Having all the necessary or appropriate parts.
Develop: Grow or cause to grow and become more mature, advanced, or elaborate.
Dismay: Feeling distress, typically caused by something unexpected.
Ease: Absence of difficulty or effort
Hail: To greet or acclaim.
Lack: The state of being without or not having enough of something.
Master: Having comprehensive knowledge or skill in a subject or accomplishment.
Patriot: A person who vigorously supports their country and is prepared to defend it against enemies.
Project: An individual or collaborative enterprise that is carefully planned to achieve a particular aim.
Recommend: Advise or suggest something as good or suitable.
Remark: Say something as a comment.
Represent: To be entitled or appointed to act or speak for someone.
Sufficient: Enough to meet the needs.
Utter: To speak or pronounce.
Affect: Have an effect on.
Calculate: Determine mathematically.
Climate: The weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.
Column: An upright pillar, typically cylindrical and made of stone or concrete, supporting a structure or standing alone as a monument.
Decay: Rot or decompose through the action of bacteria or fungi.
Exceed: Be greater than.
Forbid: Refuse to allow something.
Grove: A small wood, orchard, or group of trees.
Limb: An arm or leg; a large branch of a tree.
Mammoth: Huge.
Mature: Fully developed physically; having reached adulthood.
Permit: Give authorization or consent to someone to do something.
Resist: Withstand the effect of something.
Scorch: Burn the surface of something with heat.
Tower: A tall, narrow building, either free-standing or forming part of a building such as a church or castle.
Approach: Come near or nearer to someone or something in distance.
Burrow: A hole or tunnel dug by a small animal, especially a rabbit, for habitation
Cease: Come to an end or bring to an end.
Destructive: Causing great and irreparable damage.
Drowsy: Sleepy and lethargic; half asleep.
Famished: Extremely hungry.
Forecast: Predict or estimate.
Hibernate: Spend the winter in a dormant state.
Migrate: Move from one region or habitat to another according to the seasons.
Nestle: Settle comfortably within something.
Observe: Notice or perceive something and register it as being significant.
Prepare: Make something ready for use or consideration.
Reduce: Make smaller or less in amount, degree, or size.
Severe: Very great or intense.
Venture: Dare to do something or go somewhere that may be dangerous or unpleasant.
Active: Engaging or ready to engage in physically energetic pursuits.
Astound: Shock or greatly surprise.
Attend: Be present at an event or meeting.
Cherish: Protect and care for lovingly.
Contract: Decrease in size, number, or range.
Eager: Having or showing desire or interest.
Expose: Reveal the true nature of someone or something.
Grace: Courteous goodwill.
Impose: Force something to be accepted or put in place.
Modest: Unassuming or moderate in the estimation of one's abilities or achievements.
Parallel: Occurring or existing at the same time or in a similar way.
Paralyze: Cause someone to be unable to move or act.
Pessimist: A person who tends to see the worst aspect of things or believes that the worst will happen.
Recite: Repeat aloud from memory.
Respond: Say something in reply.
Abrupt: Sudden and unexpected.
Achieve: Successfully bring about or reach a desired objective or result.
Attempt: An effort to achieve something.
Contempt: The feeling that a person or thing is worthless or beneath consideration.
Entertain: Provide someone with amusement or enjoyment.
Glimpse: A brief or fleeting look.
Mock: Tease or laugh at in a scornful or contemptuous manner.
Persist: Continue to exist or occur beyond the usual, expected, or normal time.
Persuade: Cause someone to do something through reasoning or argument.
Phase: A distinct period or stage in a process of change or forming part of something's development.
Quaint: Attractively unusual or old-fashioned.
Recall: Bring something back into one's mind.
Reject: Dismiss as inadequate, unacceptable, or faulty.
Revise: Re-examine and make alterations to something.
Sensitive: Quick to detect or respond to slight changes, signals, or influences.
Applaud: Show approval or praise by clapping.
Crafty: Skilled at deception to achieve goals.
Disclose: Make secret information known.
Drab: Lacking brightness or interest.
Entire: With no part left out; whole.
Exclaim: Cry out suddenly, especially in surprise, anger, or pain.
Exquisite: Extremely beautiful and delicate.
Intend: Have as one's purpose or objective.
Jeer: Make rude and mocking remarks, typically in a loud voice.
Peer: Look keenly or with difficulty at someone or something.
Progress: Forward or onward movement toward a destination.
Refine: Remove impurities or unwanted elements from a substance.
Scoundrel: A dishonest or unscrupulous person; a rogue.
Uneasy: Causing or feeling anxiety; troubled or uncomfortable.
Vain: Having or showing an excessively high opinion of one's appearance, abilities, or worth.