I. Master Glossary List. 1. mansion– n – ­ a very large house, e.g

1. mansion – n – ­ a very large house, e.g. a beautiful country mansion.

2. blissful ­– adj ­­­– being ­­­extremely happy or enjoyable, e.g. Jean seems blissfully happy.

3. twinge – n – a sudden slight feeling of something, e.g. He felt a sharp twinge of guilt for not taking the trouble to visit her.

4. tiptoe – v – to walk quietly and carefully on your toes, so that nobody hears you, e.g. His mother tiptoed into the room.

5. tangle – v – to become twisted together, or make something become twisted together, in an untidy mass, e.g. My hair tangles easily.

6. weird – adj – very strange and unusual, and difficult to understand or explain, e.g. A really weird thing happened last night.

7. fascinated – adj – extremely interested by something or someone, e.g. I was fascinated by her voice.

8. nibble – n – a small bite of something, e.g. She took a nibble of her cookie.

9. fiddle – v – to keep moving and touching something, especially because you are bored or nervous, e.g. She was at her desk in the living room, fiddling with a deck of cards.

10. waft – v – to move gently through the air, e.g. Cooking smells wafted up from downstairs.

11. scathing – adj – a scathing remark criticizes someone or something very severely, e.g. a scathing attack on the Government's planned tax increases

12. disconsolately – adv – extremely sad and hopeless, e.g. He was disconsolate after his divorce.

13. sarcastic – adj – saying things that are the opposite of what you mean, in order to make an unkind joke or to show that you are annoyed, e.g. He can't help making sarcastic comments.

14. swell with indignation – to feel insulted or unfairly treated, e.g. His voice swelled with indignation.

15. frisson – n – a sudden feeling of excitement or fear, e.g. A frisson of alarm went through her.

16. aim [+ at] – v – to say or do something that is intended for a particular person or group of people, e.g. The criticism wasn't aimed at you.

17. thrift shop – n – a shop that sells used goods, especially clothes, often in order to get money for a charity, e.g. After lunch, which I again finished alone, we drove to a thrift shop.

18. accost – v – to go towards someone you do not know and speak to them in an unpleasant or threatening way, e.g. He was accosted by four youths and forced to give them all his money.

19. expostulate – v – to express strong disapproval, disagreement, or annoyance with someone, e.g. Now and again one would try to expostulate with the man in white but it was no good.

20. voluminous – adj – a voluminous piece of clothing is very large and loose - often used humorously, e.g. a voluminous cloak.

21. freak out – v – to become very anxious, upset or afraid, or make someone very anxious, upset or afraid, e.g. People just freaked out when they heard the news.

22. dismay – n – the worry, disappointment, or unhappiness you feel when something unpleasant happens, e.g. They stared at each other in dismay.

23. bran­dish – v – to wave something around in a dangerous or threatening way, especially a weapon, e.g. A man leapt out brandishing a kitchen knife.

24. incredulous – adj – unable or unwilling to believe something, e.g. 'You sold the car? ' she asked incredulously.

25. get revenge – something you do in order to punish someone who has harmed or offended you, e.g. He took revenge on his employers by setting fire to the factory.