| Term | Definition |
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| trek | N. A long, slow, difficult journey. V. to travel slowly and with difficulty. |
| spring | move forward by leaps and bounds |
| spring | the season of growth (plants, animals) |
| spring | a natural flow of ground water |
| acute | extremely sharp or intense |
| acute | An angle that has a measure less than a right angle (less than 90°) |
| pep | full of energy, life, spirit, zip, animation, vigour, high spirits, gusto, get-up-and-go, liveliness (car, person, animals) |
| crouch | To stoop, especially with the knees bent; to press the entire body close to the ground with the limbs bent; bend servilely or timidly; cringe; to bend (the head or knee, for example) low, as in fear or humility; act of bending low with the limbs close to the body |
| springhtly | when someone or something is lively or full of life |
| burlap | a coarce cloth made of hemp or jute and used especially to make sacks,and bags, and wall covering. |
| dilute | to make thinner or less concentrated, to reduce in strength - by adding water or another substance |
| blunt | having a dull edge; abrupt and frank in speech or manner; brusque; V: make or become blunt |
| wicker | flexible branches that are woven to make baskets and furniture |
| muffle | deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping - makes it harder to hear the sound |
| lush | (adjective) plentiful; covered with abundant growth - plants |
| mishap | an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate |
| jumble | n. confusion, muddle; disorder, chaos, mess; small mixed-up ring-shaped cake with a sugary coating v. throw together in a disorderly manner, combine without order; confuse ; be a mess |
| brisk | quick and active movement; marked by liveliness and vigor |
| calamity | an event resulting in great loss and misfortune - a disaster |
| muddle | to make a mess of; a hopeless mess; to struggle through |
| bland | food lacking taste or flavor or tang |
| bland | agreeable person; causing no trouble or offence - a quiet, shy or bland person. |
| feud | a bitter quarrel between two people or groups |
| douse | immerse into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate |
| shriveled | lean and wrinkled, shrinkage by age or illness |
| voyage | a grand journey to some distant place |
| tiff | a petty quarrel or dispute (meaningless dispute) |
| nippy | 1 : quick in movement (ex. Dog was nippy): NIMBLE, BRISK 2 : having a biting flavor (ex. a sharp flavor) 3 : CHILLY (nippy - cold outside) |
| shrubbery | an area where a number of shrubs are planted |
| manor | the main house, the land, and the other buildings on the land, belonging to the lord |
| warble | to sing in a quick, vibrating, tuneful way. birds warble in the trees. |
| compact | compress into a wad |
| embers | a piece of wood or coal still glowing in the ashes of a fire |
| blare | a loud harsh or strident noise |
| dense | (adj) closely packed or crowded; difficult to see through; thick |
| mold | make something, usually for a specific function |
| sprawl | to lie or sit with your arms or legs stretched out in a lazy or careless way |
| curt | Concise, compressed, and abrupt in act or expression. |
| gem | a person who is a brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry |
| gem | a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry |
| mold | a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter |
| dense | slow to learn or understand |
| compact | a small cosmetics case with a mirror |
| compact | a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action |
| cringe | draw back, as with fear or pain |
| frigid | extremely cold |
| trinket | cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing |
| scorch | burn slightly, discoloring the surface |
| mild | calm |
| mild | humble in spirit or manner |
| rust | a red or brown oxide coating on iron or steel caused by the action of oxygen and moisture |
| rust | a reddish-brown discoloration of leaves and stems caused by a rust fungus |
| rust | cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid |
| spar | to argue or dispute with words; or to exchange blows like fighting |
| tepid | moderately warm |
| debate | discuss the pros and cons of an issue |
| wince | v. to draw back suddenly, as through in pain or fear n. the act of drawing back in this way |
| sparse | meager, scant; scattered |
| sparse | thin, not dense; arranged in widely spaced intervals |
| crop | To trim the edges of an image, often to improve the composition. |
| crop | the grain, vegetables, and other plants grown and harvested by farmers |
| sculpt | shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it |
| withered | lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness |
| cottage | a small, single-storied house, especially in the country / a small vacation house |
| trailblazer | pioneer; someone who does something no one else has ever done |
| quaver | give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency |
| silken | having a smooth, gleaming surface |
| orchard | a place where fruit trees grow |
| pluck | pull or pull something out sharply (eyebrows or feathers) |
| lavish | characterized by extravagance and profusion |
| hobo | person who wanders about and lives by begging or doing odd jobs |
| ramble | move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment (a person or animal) |
| ramble | continue talking or writing in a disorganized manner |
| dappled | having spots or patches of color (animal or object) |
| texture | the feel of a surface or a fabric |
| harvest | the gathering of ripe crops |
| slight | being of delicate or slender build (very skinny ro small) |
| slight | something that is of small importance or significance. |
| ragamuffin | dirty child in torn clothes; person wearing tattered clothes |
| pry | to pull something loose by force; to be nosy about something |
| minor | a young person - below age 18 (boy or girl) |
| minor | unimportant |
| thicket | a thick usually small patch of bushes or lower trees |
| neglect | willful lack of care and attention |
| humdrum | when somthing is lacking variety; boring; dull |
| blunder | n. a serious mistake, v. to botch, v. to stumble |
| whittle | to carve or to shape wood into shapes |
| coarse | something that is rough or hard |
| scraps | food that is discarded (as from a kitchen), left over bits of clothing. |
| totter | move without being stable, to stagger as if threatening to fall |
| blotchy | marked with irregularly shaped spots |
| stray | to move about without any destination, often in search of food or employment |
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