VOCABULARY
THE LITTLE
THINGS THAT HAPPEN, Marjorie Wilson
1. tucked – hidden
2. greet – meet
3. doorways –
opening into building or room
4. memories –
thoughts
5. wander – travel,
movement
6. rover – thing
which wander off
7. rusty – damaged
8. means – indicates
9. stay – remain
10. rove – going
around
11.
crowed – gathering
JHALKARI
12. fearless –
daring, courageous
13. strain – tiring,
go beyond one's own capacity
14. orphan – a
child without parents
15. hardship –
great suffering
16. sturdy – thick
17. fenced – fought
with swords for practice
18. rose is
rebellion – decided to fight
19. bombarded
– attacked repeatedly
20. by
stealth – in a secret manner
21. reluctant
– unwilling
22. betrayer –
a person who is not faithful
23. frank – friendly
24. wrestled –
fighting competition
25. expanded –
stretching, extending, spread
26. territory
– area, boundary, land
27. ruled – govern
28. harshly –
cruel, merciless
29. troops – army,
gang
30. steady –
firm, strong, constant
31. rush – hurry,
fast
32. daring – courageous,
fearless
33. fierce – dangerous
34. begged – requested
35. disguised
– dressed
36. traitor –
a person who is not faithful to his country
37. coward – not
daring, weak
38. furious –
anger
39. tricked –
misguided
40. conquer –
win
41.
rise – wake up
GULLIVER
ARRIVES IN LILLIPUR, Jonathan Swift
42. adaptation
– taken from
43. excerpt –
part
44. popular –
famous
45. incredible
– wonderful
46. strange –
peculiar, unknown
47. blown off
– damaged
48. lashed –
hit, affected
49. struck –
bumped, knocked
50. survive –
alive
51. discovered
– found
52. hurt –
pain
53. climbed –
ascend, went up
54. scream –
shout, loud noise
55. fright –
fear, afraid
56. straining
– struggling, putting lot of efforts
57. string –
rope
58. pricking
– poking
59. penetrate
– pierce, stab
60. calmed –
peaceful
61. erecting
– making straight, straightening
62. cloak –
dress
63. presumed
– guessed, thought
64. gestured
– behaviour, acted, showed, indicated
65. marched –
walked in parade
66. emitted –
ejected, took out
67. indicated
– pointed out, showed, gestured
68. descended
– fell
69. aboard –
on a ship or boat
70. manning –
operating
71. doled out
– given out to everyone
72. foundered
– filled with water and sank
73. gale – a
very strong wind
74. capsized
– turned over
75. exhausted
– tired
76. collapsed
– fell down
77. penetrate
– move into or through something
78. strategy
– plan
79. calmour –
noise
80. folk –
people
81. follow –
understand, copy
82. sign
language – communication using gestures and hand movements
83.
wee – very small, tiny
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