The Library Card Vocab
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| show | someone of low rank in the army whose job is to train soldiers to march and do other military exercises | The teacher ordered the students around like a she/he was a drill sargeant.
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| blink | to close and then open your eyes very quickly | show 🗑
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| roamed | to go to different places without having a particular purpose or plan | show 🗑
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| simmering | show | ▪ Anger simmered inside him.
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| mobbed | to crowd around (someone) in an aggressive, excited, or annoying way | show 🗑
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| show | to hit (someone or something) with a quick motion | ▪ She swatted the fly with a magazine
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| show | to look directly at someone in an angry way | ▪ The teacher glared at him as he walked in late
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| wagged | show | She wagged her finger at the children as she scolded them.
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| show | to confuse (someone) completely | ▪ Her behavior baffles me.
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| wise-off | talk back Synonyms:answer back, come back at, sass, | show 🗑
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| flung | throw or push (something) in a sudden and forceful way | show 🗑
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| gaped | to look at someone or something with your mouth open in surprise or wonder | show 🗑
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| snatch | show | ▪ She snatched [=grabbed] the ball out of the air and ran down the court.
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| show | something that is stolen or taken by force | ▪ After raiding the town, the soldiers helped themselves to any loot that they could find.
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| boneyard | cemetery | show 🗑
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| mooned | show | After Weasel quit school, he wanted to go back to the grade school and moon his fifth grade teacher.
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| careened | to go forward quickly without control | show 🗑
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| grin | smile | show 🗑
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| show | either one of the two organs that people and animals use to breathe air | ▪ He filled his lungs with the clean. fresh air.
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| expand | to make (something) bigger | show 🗑
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| ragtop | show | Weasel wanted a ragtop firebird.
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| show | -to hit someone hard with the fist | The little boy was crying because his older brother slugged him.
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| goofy | show | ▪ She was making goofy faces at us in class.
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| fade | to disappear gradually | show 🗑
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| show | used for a large trash container | The garbage was taken to the dumpster.
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| show | a shout of praise or encouragement | ▪ The audience let out a cheer.
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| squeak | to make a short, high-pitched cry or noise | show 🗑
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| show | to reach toward and try to hit (something) with a swinging motion. | ▪ The cat swiped the dog across the nose.
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| stern | show | ▪ He gave me a stern look.
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| show | the act of deliberately destroying or damaging property | ▪ He was arrested for vandalism.
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| disgrace | to cause (someone or something) to lose or become unworthy of respect or approval | show 🗑
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| conduct | show | His conduct was bad.
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| urge | o ask people to do or support (something) in a way that shows that you believe it is very important | show 🗑
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| breezily | show | ▪ She listened to their complaints with breezy indifference.
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| dumb | show | It was a dumb thing to do.
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| strolled | to walk slowly in usually a pleasant and relaxed way | show 🗑
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| sprinted | to run or go very fast for a short distance | show 🗑
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| boggled | to be unable to think clearly : to be amazed or overwhelmed | show 🗑
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| tingly | show | ▪ Everyone was tingling with excitement. [=everyone was very excited]
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| goosebumps | show | ▪ I get goose bumps every time I think about it.
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| ambushed | to attack (someone or something) by surprise from a hidden place often used figuratively | show 🗑
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| show | slightly dizzy, sick, or weak | ▪ She was already feeling woozy after her first drink.
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| show | disappear | The smoke vanished
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| twitching | show | ▪ His left leg twitched. ▪ Her mouth was twitching as she began to cry.
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| strewing | to spread or scatter things over or on the ground or some other surface | show 🗑
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