Nouns
After a season winning 8 out of 9 soccer games, the team threw a big party to celebrate their many triumphs.
A great victory or achievement
The day outside looked gray, rainy, and dismal.
Gloomy, depressing.
Robert came back from a 9-month tour in Afghanistan, and when his wife picked him up from the airport she greeted him with a warm embrace.
To clasp in the arms, hug
When Ms. Friedheim creates her class’ agenda, she makes sure to include time for the students to work on their homework.
a plan or schedule
After a stressful week at work, Aiden made time to chill out on the weekend. He felt serene on Saturday afternoon as he floated on his back in the ocean.
Calm, peaceful
He devoured half of his burger in one bite.
eat (food or prey) hungrily or quickly.
Fiafia usually spent Sundays playing football with his friends, but he also enjoyed the solitude of hiking alone.
the state or situation of being alone
Stacy didn’t trust her husband to plan their vacation. He bought them one-way tickets to Mexico, but remained hazy about the details: where would they stay? How would they get around? How long would they be in Mexico?
unclear, vague, indefinite
While they watched the horror movie, Nyla shrieked every time the monster came on the screen. Josh sat next to her and couldn’t stand it; the loud noise made his ears hurt.
utter a high-pitched piercing sound or words, especially as an expression of terror, pain, or excitement. Scream
We were overcome by fatigue after a long hike.
Weariness or exhaustion from working, exertion or stress.
When she moved to Arkansas for college, LJ missed the Hawaiian music prevalent on Hawaii radio stations.
Frequent, common, widespread, happening often.
Karen tried to deceive her parents by telling them she was studying at the library late when she was really going to a high school party. It was noisy at the party, so she went into a car -- where it was quiet -- when they called her cell phone.
To try to convince someone of a lie.
Anthony hated it when his parents sold their Jeep and bought a smaller car. His biggest gripe was that he couldn’t fit his surfboard in the car anymore.
A complaint.
Wanting to do something that hadn’t been done before, the professor studied an arcane branch of medicine. His research was on the use of medical herbs by the Hopi Native American tribe; no one else in the Western world had written books on it or studied it.
Known or knowable only to a few people; secret.
The noise from the construction work aggravated Tom as he tried to write his essay.
annoy or exasperate (someone), especially persistently.