Vocabulary words

Anticipation
• visualization of a future event or state
• Expectation

Example:
She had a feeling of great anticipation before her
graduation ceremony.
Wiggle
• to move to and fro with quick jerky or shaking motions
• Wriggle

Example:
The puppy wiggled with excitement.
Swirled
• move in a twisting or spiraling pattern, turn
• Spiraling pattern

Example:
The toy duck swirls in the bathtub as you empty
the water out.
Swirled
• move in a twisting or spiraling pattern, turn
• Spiraling or circular pattern

Example:
The toy duck swirls in the bathtub as you empty
the water out.
Symphony
• a long and complex sonata for symphony orchestra

Example:
The toy duck swirls in the bathtub as you empty
the water out.
Symphony
Where would you most likely go to enjoy
a symphony?
a. to a fine restaurant
b. to a sports arenato
c. a recital hall
d. to a seaside boardwa
Squishing
walk through any
• perfect for describing a
muddy or wet situation. You can also refer to
the sound itself as a squish: "The squish of your boots
in the hall told me it must have started raining
again." Squish is imitative — in other words, it sounds
exactly like its meaning. It's thought to be a variation
on squash "to squeeze or crush."

Squashing
Puddle
• A puddle is a small pool, such as one that
forms on a sidewalk after a rain shower.
Example:
A little boy with new rain boots might decide to
jump in every puddle he sees on his way to
school.."
Tiny
• Small, little

Example:
The tiny butterfly looks cute because of its small
size.
Pattering
• it makes a light, rhythmic, tapping sound.

Example:
On a rainy night, you might love lying in bed
listening to the rain pattering on the roof.
Giggle
• laugh lightly in a nervous, affected, or silly manner
• If you laugh with a dainty tee-hee-hee

Example:
Strangest
• Anything that is unusual or out of the ordinary,
unexpected, fantastic, different

Example:
He would cry over the strangest things,” she said, “like a
dead dog on the side of the road or a smell that
reminded him of his grandmother.”
Strangest
• strange means :
a. Unkempt
b. Unfamiliar
c. Unguarded
d. unadjusted
Vibrating
• it trembles and shakes
Example:
listening to the leaves vibrating in the wind
tickled
• A sensation caused by touching lightly in a way
that makes someone laugh and squirm

Example:
You might tickled a baby’s nose to make him
squeal and giggle
Mysterious
• secret-like quality that makes it hard to
understand or define
• beyond ordinary understanding
Example:
He claimed to know of the existence of
a mysterious country called Sugarcandy Mountain, to
which all animals went when they died.
Mysterious

mysterious means :
a. Estimablein
b. Explicable
c. Unsurmountable
d. tangible
soothing
• Comforting, Relief, Free from fear

Example:
Warm water can have a soothing effect from a
sorethroat.
Slurping
• suck your food noisily into your mouth

Example:
Japanese loves to eat their noodles with a
slurping sound.
Dripping
• he sound of a liquid falling drop by drop

Example:
The faucet was not closed well so I can hear the
dripping sound of the water in the bathroom
floor.
Barking
loud, sharp sound a dog makes

Example:
The barking of the dog last night made lose my
sleep last night.
Whizzed
make a soft swishing sound

Example:
Farther on the car whizzed past or over some
kangaroo rats.
screeching
high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
Example:
The screeching sound his new
rubber shoes irritates my ears.
Shuffled
• to drag your feet slowly along the ground as
you walk.
• Mixed up or rumbled
Example:
Then it was my turn to be quiet, and I shuffled over
to the couch and sat down.
Chattering
• a constant, low-pitched sound, like the noise small animals
make

Example:
The chattering of the squirrels in your yard
might wake you up before your alarm goes off.
hovering
• linger or remain near a place
• be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity
Example:

She is hoveing on the faculty corridor for

almost 15 minutes not knowing how to ask
permission to enter the room.
Profound
• situated at or extending to great depth;
• Too deep

Example:
In truth, this wasn’t a very profound prediction,
because Sulaiman was 80 years old.
Reflection
Things you see in the mirror, likeness

Example:
She id beautiful according to her reflection.
• What does anticipation mean?
• What do you think a symphony hall sounds
like?
• Why does Yoshio have giddy giggles?
• What is a koto? What words are used to
describe it?
• What is the koto player’s favorite sound?
• What is another word for silence?
• Where are some of the places Yoshio looks for
silence?
• What are some of the sounds he heard as he was
looking for silence?
• Why do you think Yoshio went to school early?
• When and where did Yoshio find silence?
• What did Yoshio realize about silence?