First Day Jitters Vocabulary Review. downstairs The girl walked downstairs to get the mail.

First Day Jitters

Vocabulary Review

downstairs•The girl walked downstairs to get the mail.

•Down the stairs

What word means the opposite of downstairs?

downstairs

•I feel nervous when I ride on an airplane.

nervous

•A person who is afraid or worried.

When do you feel nervous?

nervous

I chuckled when I heard the joke.

chuckled

•A quiet laugh

How is chuckled different from “laughed

out loud”?

chuckled

I was afraid to go to the library. My friend said my fears were nonsense.

nonsense

• Silly or untrue idea

What is something that you think is nonsense?

nonsense

•He was tired and fumbled into his pajamas.

fumbled

Something done in a clumsy way

When have you fumbled into something?

fumbled

•The tired student trudged up the hill to his house.

trudged

Walking slowly or dragging one’s feet

Can you think of a reason why you might

have trudged somewhere?

trudged

Your vocabulary words are:

•Downstairs

•Nervous•Chuckled

•Nonsense•Fumbled•Trudged