Glossary of Words: Creek, Soaring, Shack, Huddle, Garrulous, and More

Glossary of Words

• Creek (n): A stream smaller than a river
• Soaring (n): The sport of flying a sailplane
• Shack (n): A rough cabin; shanty
• Huddle (v): To gather or crowd together in a close mass
• Garrulous (adj): Excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, especially about trivial matters
• Brag (v): To use boastful language; boast
• Unruly (adj): Not submissive or conforming to rule; ungovernable; turbulent; intractable; refractory; lawless
• Sturdy (adj): Strongly built; stalwart; robust
• Aloofness (n): The quality or state of being aloof, distant, or reserved; indifference
• Clench (v): To close the hands, teeth, etc. tightly
• Plea (n): An appeal or entreaty
• Foyer (n): The lobby of a theater, hotel, or apartment house
• Spool (n): Any cylindrical piece or device on which something is wound
• Blare (v): To emit a loud, raucous sound
• Gust (n): A sudden, strong blast of wind
• Tousle (v): To disorder or dishevel
• Lurch (n): An act or instance of swaying abruptly
• Puffed up (adj): Feeling self-important; arrogant; pompous
• Loafer (n): A person who loafs; lazy person; idler
• Trundle (v): To cause a circular object to roll along; roll
• Twirl (v): To cause to rotate rapidly; spin; revolve; whirl
• Idle (adj): Not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing
• Scrawny (adj): Excessively thin; lean; scraggy
• Elopement (n): An act or instance of running off secretly, as to be married
• Ashen (adj): Ash-colored; gray. Extremely pale; drained of color; pallid
• Flock (n): A number of animals of one kind, especially sheep, goats, or birds, that keep or feed together or are herded together
• Trimming (n): Anything used or serving to decorate or complete
• Afterglow (n): The glow frequently seen in the sky after sunset; afterlight
• Avert (v): To turn away or aside
• Wispy (adj): Being a wisp or in wisps; wisplike
• Scorching (adj): Burning; very hot
• Stillborn (adj): Dead when born
• Ramshackle (adj): Loosely made or held together; rickety; shaky
• Pry (v): To inquire impertinently or unnecessarily into something
• Surly (adj): Churlishly rude or bad-tempered
• Forge (v): To form by heating and hammering; beat into shape
• Haunch (n): The hip
• Charred (adj): Burned or reduced to charcoal
• Ailing (adj): Sickly; unwell
• Frisk (v): To dance, leap, skip, or gambol; frolic
• Twirled (v): To cause to rotate rapidly; spin
• Panjpar (n): Card game
• Chubby (adj): Round and plump
• Bethought (v): To think; consider
• Jagged (adj): Having ragged notches, points, or teeth