Vocabulary

Anticipatedverb

Looking forward to or expecting

I eagerly anticipated going to the amusement park that day.

Encouragedverb

Inspired to do something

A person who always encouraged me to try my best was my soccer coach.

Enormousadjective

Extremely large; gigantic

The enormous pumpkin won first place at the livestock show.

Glancedverb

To take a quick look

The man quickly glanced at his watch and realized that he was running late for work.

Releasedverb

to let go, set free

The cowboy held on tight to the horse before the gate was released.

Slenderadjective Slim; thin

The slender man has to be in shape so that he can perform acrobatics.

Improvisedverb

to make, invent or arrange at the spur of the moment

The actor forgot all of his lines in the script so he improvised for the rest of the play.

Intentlyadjective

having your attention or focus on something

The cat eyed the bird very intently by watching every move it made.

Stunnedverb

Astonished, amazed, shocked; to be dazed or bewildered

Matthew was stunned about the secret that Elizabeth had told him.

Vigorousadjective

full of physical or mental strength; forceful or strong

Weightlifting is a very vigorous sport because it takes a lot of physical strength to lift all of that weight.

Enragedverb

filled with rage or anger

Mr. Jones was enraged because when I mowed the lawn, I accidently cut the flowers with the mowing machine.

Devourverb

to eat up hungrily, ravenous

sly, or engulfI can devour all of the food because I am really hungry.