Word Bank: Your Treasure Chest of Words!
Welcome to the Word Bank! Think of this as your treasure chest, packed with powerful and exciting words to make your animal adventures and descriptions even more amazing. Using varied and precise vocabulary is a key way to impress examiners and bring your stories to life. Explore the categories below to find alternatives to common words and discover new ways to express yourself.
Action Verbs (Movement)
Instead of just 'walked' or 'ran', try these:
- Ambushed
- Bounded
- Careened
- Charged
- Clambered
- Crept
- Darted
- Descended
- Escalated
- Flitted
- Galloped
- Hurtled
- Leapt
- Loped
- Lumbered
- Lurched
- Paced
- Plodded
- Plummeted
- Pounced
- Prowled
- Raced
- Rushed
- Scaled
- Scampered
- Scrambled
- Scuttled
- Slithered
- Soared
- Sped
- Sprang
- Stalked
- Strode
- Stumbled
- Swooped
- Tore
- Trudged
- Vaulted
- Ventured
- Zoomed
Vivid Adjectives (Describing Animals)
Make your creatures memorable:
- Agile
- Ancient
- Camouflaged
- Colossal
- Cunning
- Defiant
- Elegant
- Elusive
- Enormous
- Ferocious
- Fierce
- Fleet-footed
- Formidable
- Furtive
- Gargantuan
- Graceful
- Hulking
- Imposing
- Keen-eyed
- Lethal
- Majestic
- Menacing
- Muscular
- Nimble
- Nocturnal
- Powerful
- Predatory
- Regal
- Scaled
- Shadowy
- Sleek
- Stealthy
- Stocky
- Swift
- Territorial
- Threatening
- Venomous
- Vicious
- Vigilant
- Wild
Describing Settings (Adventure Places)
Bring your jungles, caves, and mountains to life:
- Ancient
- Arid
- Barren
- Breathtaking
- Bustling
- Cavernous
- Craggy
- Dense
- Desolate
- Eerie
- Expansive
- Foreboding
- Frigid
- Gloomy
- Humid
- Impenetrable
- Isolated
- Jagged
- Lush
- Maze-like
- Misty
- Murky
- Mysterious
- Overgrown
- Perilous
- Precipitous
- Primeval
- Remote
- Rocky
- Secluded
- Serene
- Shadowy
- Steep
- Subterranean
- Sunken
- Sweltering
- Treacherous
- Uncharted
- Verdant
- Winding
Words for Emotions (Character Feelings)
Show how your characters feel:
- Aggravated
- Alarmed
- Anxious
- Apprehensive
- Astonished
- Bewildered
- Content
- Courageous
- Curious
- Defiant
- Delighted
- Determined
- Disheartened
- Ecstatic
- Elated
- Emboldened
- Enraged
- Exasperated
- Exhilarated
- Flustered
- Furious
- Hopeful
- Horrified
- Impatient
- Indignant
- Intrigued
- Jubilant
- Melancholy
- Mischievous
- Nervous
- Optimistic
- Overwhelmed
- Panicked
- Pensive
- Perplexed
- Relieved
- Resolute
- Sombre
- Triumphant
- Uneasy
Sound Words (Onomatopoeia & More)
Make your writing heard:
- Babbling (brook)
- Bellowed
- Boomed
- Buzzed
- Chattered
- Chirped
- Clanged
- Clattered
- Cracked
- Crashed
- Creaked
- Croaked
- Crunched
- Echoed
- Growled
- Hissed
- Hooted
- Howled
- Hummed
- Murmured
- Pattered
- Rattled
- Roared
- Rumbled
- Rustled
- Screeched
- Shrieked
- Sighed
- Sizzled
- Snapped
- Splashed
- Squeaked
- Squawked
- Thudded
- Thumped
- Twittered
- Wailed
- Wheezed
- Whispered
- Yelped
Monkebius says: "Don't use the same old words! Dip into this treasure chest whenever you write. Find a powerful verb or a vivid adjective to make your sentences sparkle!"