This document defines a series of words including: astonish, to cause great wonder or surprise; compulsion, a driving, irresistible force; severe, very harsh or unpleasant to a great degree; meager, of poor quality or small amount; threadbare, worn and shabby from too much use; audible, loud enough to be heard; gnarled, knotty and twisted; dispelled, scattered and driven away or made to vanish; penultimate, occurring immediately before the last; and undulate, to form or move in waves or rise and fall in volume, pitch, or cadence.

1. astonishastonish
To cause o feeling ofTo cause o feeling of
great wonder orgreat wonder or
surprise insurprise in
(someone), amaze(someone), amaze
verb

2. compulsioncompulsion
A driving, irresistableA driving, irresistable
force; the state offorce; the state of
being forced to dobeing forced to do
somethingsomething
noun

3. severesevere
Very harsh; of a greatVery harsh; of a great
degree; very baddegree; very bad
serious or unpleasantserious or unpleasant
adjective

4. meagermeager
Of poorOf poor
quality; smallquality; small
in amountin amount
adjective

5. threadbarethreadbare
Worn; shabby; inWorn; shabby; in
poor conditionpoor condition
from too muchfrom too much
useuse
adjective

6. audibleaudible
Loud enoughLoud enough
to be heardto be heard
adjective

7. gnarledgnarled
Knotty andKnotty and
twisted; bumpytwisted; bumpy
adjective

8. dispelleddispelled
Scattered andScattered and
driven away; madedriven away; made
to vanishto vanish
verb

9. penultimatepenultimate
OccurringOccurring
immediately beforeimmediately before
the last one; next tothe last one; next to
the lastthe last
adjective

10. undulateundulate
To form or move inTo form or move in
waves; to rise or fallwaves; to rise or fall
in volume, pitch orin volume, pitch or
cadencecadence
verb