Vocabulary List

Word	Definition	Synonyms
Twings	small, thin shoot of a wooden branch or stem	Branch, Offshoot, Shoot
Shawl	A piece of wool or other fabric worn about the shoulders by women.	Stole, Tucker, Shoulder shawl, Cloak
Blanket	A large rectangular piece of soft fabric, used as a bed covering.	Carpet, cloak, coat, coating, covering.
Bare	without covering or clothing; naked	Exposed, Uncovered, naked, stripped.
puncture	The act of piercing or making a hole in something, as with a pointed instrument or object.	Break, cut, damage, hole, leak, nick.
Newcomer	a person or thing that has recently arrived	New arrival, immigrant, Outsider, novice.
Clumsy	lacking in skill or physical coordination	Accident-prone, awkward, blundering, bumbling, bungling, butterfingered.
Upright	If you are sitting or standing upright, you are sitting or standing with your back straight, rather than bending or lying down.	Erect, on end, perpendicular, straight, vertical.
Beyond	At or to a point on the other side of; at or to the further side of	Above, apart from, at a distance, away from.
Ribbon	A band of fine material, used for ornament, tying, etc.	Decoration, fabric.
Beggar	A person who begs, esp. one who lives by begging	bankrupt, down-and-out, pauper, starveling
Dozen	Twelve or a group of twelve. If you have adozen things, you have twelve of them.	Twelve, baker's dozen, long dozen, handful
Tight	Stretched or drawn so as not to be loose.	close, close-fitting, compact, constricted
Softly	Giving in easily to touch or pressure. Relatively easy to bend, crush, or cut, such as metal or wood.	creamy, cushioned, cushiony, doughy, elastic,
Greedy	Excessively or overly desiring wealth, possessions, etc.	Edacious, esurient, gluttonous, gormandizing.
Sluggishly	Not working or functioning with full speed, energy, or ability	dull, heavy, inactive, indolent, inert, lethargic, lifeless.
Ankles	The joint between the foot and the leg, in which movement occurs in two planes.	Bend, corner, crook, crotch, cusp, edge, elbow, intersection, knee, nook, point
Glad	Happy and pleased; contented. Causing happiness or contentment	Contented, delighted, gay, gleeful.
bottom	The lowest or deepest part of anything. The under or lower side; underside.	Base, basis, bed, deepest part, depths, floor.
Crouch	To stoop low with the knees bent. To bend close to the ground preparing to spring, as a cat does.	Bend down, bow, duck, hunch, kneel, squat, stoop
Rifle	A shoulder firearm with a long barrel. To cut spiral grooves within.	Burgle, despoil, go through, gut, loot, pillage.