| veldt | grassland | The deer live on the African veldt. |
| thatched | straw covered | Old cottages in Ireland had thatched roofs. |
| glade | an open space in the middle of a forest. | They found the lost hiker in a wooded glade. |
| "two dimensional" | having height and width | The characters in the comic book seemed two dimensional. |
| recede into crystalline distance | become transparent | The face of the ghost receded into crystalline distance. |
| "three dimensions" | having height, width, and depth. | We live in a three dimensional world. |
| jaunt | pleasure trip | His jaunt through Yosemite National Park left him refreshed and inspired. |
| tapestry | a heavy cloth woven with designs | Tapestries were used in castles to decorate and to help keep the rooms warm. |
| bolted | jerked, moved suddenly | She bolted from the party when she saw her ex-husband. |
| appalled | shocked | She was appalled to find out that someone had broken into her apartment. |
| bemused | lost in thought | The setback did not disappoint him, rather it left him bemused. |
| telepathic emanations | thoughts | He believed that the machine could record his telepathic emanations. |
| subsided | stopped or grew less. | The headache subsided after he took the aspirin. |
| contraptions | inventions, esp. unwieldy machines | The Model-T automobiles were noisy contraptions. |
| Pegasus | a winged horse in Greek mythology | Hercules was reputed to ride Pegasus on his trips to Olympus. |
| agate | a type of rock in the quartz family | Some colored agates are prized for decorative purposes. |
| ozone | a molecule of oxygen found in the upper atmosphere and in smog. | The ozone layer in the atmosphere protects the earth from dangerous radiation. |
| joviality | being jolly | Joviality is one of the characteristics of Santa Claus. |
| Tom Swift | a character in a series of books written for young boys by the author Victor Appleton | All the boys wanted to be brave and smart like Tom Swift. |
| lurking | hiding | A cat was lurking in the back of the garage. |
| animated | moving, living | An animated feature was shown before the main movie. |
| flue | passageway | The volcano vented through a flue in the side of the mountain. |
| neurotic | mentally unstable | They suspected that the children were growing neurotic. |
| insufferable | intolerable | The children are often insufferable. |
| intersperse | mix | The images were interspersed between small films. |
| paranoia | unreasonable suspicion or distrust | Were my feelings justified fear or paranoia? |
| rapping | knocking | We heard a quiet rapping at the door. |
| spoor | trail or droppings of a wild animal | He could tell from the spoor that the trash had been torn apart by coyotes. |
| wailed | cried | The wailing and gnashing of teeth was heard blocks away. |
| engrossed | deeply involved with | He seems engrossed with surfing the internet. |