Vocabulary

• such as: For example; like
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• sake: Japanese rice wine
• crawl: To move very slowly or cautiously
• plunge: (Of prices, hopes etc.) to decrease very quickly
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• brittle: Easily broken, cracked, or snapped
• quit: To leave a job
• land: Region or country
• crunchy: (of food, snow) making a soft compacting sound
• gracious: Characterized by good taste, comfort, ease, luxury
• burp: To expel gas from the stomach noisily
• drip: Tiny amount of liquid that falls from something
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• grapple: To engage in close hand-to-hand combat
• chuckle: To laugh quietly, as when amused
• solemn: Serious and dignified
• advertise: To show how good a product is, to make people buy
• study: To focus on learning something usually at school
• lace: To add an amount of liquor to a food or drink
• squeal: Long high cry of pain, fear or surprise
• crusty: Having a hardened crust as a covering
• splinter: To split a large group into smaller groups
• fat: Amount beyond what is usual or necessary
• sullen: (Literary) dark or somber; gloomy
• year: Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
• job: Something that must be done
• angular: Having one or more sharp angles
• dear: Loved or valued very much
• white: Person's name
• black: To fill in something to make it a very dark color
• luck: Accidental way things happen, often good things
• buttery: Having the taste or texture of butter
• horrid: Being very shocking or bad
• hollywood: A district of Los Angeles long associated with the American film industry
• sir: Form of polite address to a man you do not know
• tucker: A detachable yoke of linen or lace worn over the breast of a low-cut dress