reserve: to save or put away so that you can use something in the future.


example: I ate 1/2 of the cookie and reserved the other half for my lunch.

marathon –a twenty-six miles race or something that lasts a very long time.


example:  Our spelling bee felt like a marathon because it lasted for four hours.

 tizzy: a state of being confused and bewildered about something.


example:  I was thrown into a tizzy when I heard my name called over the PA system and told to report to the office.

​Exhausted Vocabulary Words

verve: feeling energetic and enthusiastic 


example:  Her verve for doing a science project was catching and other classmates became enthusiastic about doing their project.

exhausted:  the feeling you get when you use up all your physical or mental power. 


example:  I studied for the test until the wee hours of the night.