Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Vocabulary Finder - NuRuL aka IfAh(Chapter 4)

3) Surged

Meaning:

1.A strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep: the onward surge of an angry mob.

2.A strong, swelling, wavelike volume or body of something: a billowing surge of smoke.

3.The rolling swell of the sea.

Example: As our warriors rushed upon them the two lines surged back.

4)Retreat

Meaning:

1.The forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.

2.The act of withdrawing, as into safety or privacy; retirement; seclusion.

3.A place of refuge, seclusion, or privacy

Example:There were forched backward to them left,yet they fought at the foot of trail and would not retreat.

5)Shoved

Meaning:

1.To push forward or along.
2.To push rudely or roughly.

Example:Shoved my father aside.

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