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• offend to hurt someone’s feelings or make them upset.
• Snicker o laugh quietly in a mean or mocking way.
• Yank to pull something suddenly and strongly.
• Snap to break suddenly with a sharp sound; or to speak angrily.
• Tugging pulling something with effort, often more than once
• Yelp a short, sharp cry of pain or surprise.
• Sprout to begin to grow, like a plant from the ground.
• Whip to hit quickly with something flexible (like a rope), or to move very fast.
• Wiggle to move side to side or up and down in small quick motions.
• Patted touched something gently with the hand, often to comfort.
• Trotted moved at a quick but not full run, like a horse’s light run.
• Trilled made a high, vibrating sound, like some birds.
• Spewed forced something out quickly, like vomit or smoke.
• Lurched moved suddenly and unsteadily, like a bus starting or stopping.
• Guffawed laughed very loudly and roughly.
• Cackled aughed in a harsh, unpleasant way.
• Teetering moving in an unsteady way, as if about to fall.
• Wilted when a plant droops because it has no water; also used for people who look tired.
• Flourish to grow or develop strongly; or to do something in a proud, showy way.
• Jaunty cheerful, lively, confident in manner or appearance
• Scanty ery small in amount; not enough.
• Gutter the channel at the edge of a street where water flows.
• Shack a small, roughly built house or hut.
• Rogue a dishonest or mischievous person.
• Crumpled wrinkled or crushed (often about paper or clothes).
• Jute rough fiber made from plants, used for ropes or sacks.
• Heap an untidy pile of things.
• Mound a raised pile of earth, stones, or things.

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