PreCE-Intro Vocab

What does CLENCH mean?

• Squeeze together tightly

• Settle a contract

• Secure with a belt

• Startle or surprise

What does CRANNY mean?

• A small amount of food

• Associated with elderly women

• Bad-tempered or irritable

• A small opening

What does BULGE mean?

• Change in opinion

• Swell outwards

• Eat more than needed

• Make a duplicate copy of

What does ENDEAVOR mean?

• Make new discoveries

• Offer as a gift

• Attempt by making effort

• Forgive a debt

What does HUNCH mean?

• Rounding one's back by bending forward

• Wrinkle or crumple

• Appear as if by magic

• Proceed step by step

What does INHABIT mean?

• Prevent an action

• Live in

• Feel uncertain and anxious

• Expose the truth

What does SCAN mean?

• Flash with light

• Think about the past

• Examine intensely

• Look with eyes partly closed

What does SCOWL mean?

• Clean by scrubbing

• A quick or casual look

• A large, loose hood

• Frown with displeasure

What does THRUST mean?

• Dance around crazily

• Get rid of

• Show great courage

• Push forcefully

What does TRUDGE mean?

• Be resentfully unwilling

• Walk heavily and firmly

• Follow closely

• Jump or dive into