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Associations of "Crept" (30 Words)
| apology | An expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone. We were shown into an apology for a bedroom. |
| boggle | (of a person) hesitate to do or accept. You never boggle at plain speaking. |
| cower | Crouch down in fear. Children cowered in terror as the shoot out erupted. |
| crawl | Swim by doing the crawl. The tiny spider was crawling up Nicky s arm. |
| cringe | Show submission or fear. I cringed at the fellow s stupidity. |
| crouch | A crouching stance or posture. He dropped into a defensive crouch. |
| duck | A female duck. A tangy stew of duck lamb and sausage. |
| flinch | An act of flinching. She flinched at the acidity in his voice. |
| furtive | Secret and sly or sordid. He stole a furtive glance at her. |
| grovel | Show submission or fear. They criticized leaders who grovelled to foreign patrons. |
| huddle | A disorganized and densely packed crowd. He controls the huddle and the team better than anybody else. |
| insidious | Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with very harmful effects. Sexual harassment is a serious and insidious problem. |
| lurk | Lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner. Danger lurks beneath the surface. |
| posture | Assume a posture as for artistic purposes. He took ballet lessons to improve his posture. |
| purloin | Steal (something. He must have managed to purloin a copy of the key. |
| rebound | The act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shot. The Share Index rebounded to show a twenty point gain. |
| recoil | The action of recoiling. He recoiled in horror. |
| say | The chance to speak. Let s say you had a lot of money what would you do. |
| secretly | Not openly; inwardly. Met secretly to discuss the invasion plans. |
| shrink | Reduce in size; reduce physically. I don t shrink from my responsibilities. |
| silently | Without speaking. He silently cursed himself for his actions. |
| sit | Adopt or be in a position in which one s weight is supported by one s buttocks rather than one s feet and one s back is upright. The Senate has 100 members who sit for 6 years. |
| sneak | Someone who prowls or sneaks about usually with unlawful intentions. Sneak a look. |
| snitch | Give away information about somebody. He snitched the umbrella for when he went fishing. |
| squat | In gymnastics an exercise involving a squatting movement or action. In some cultures the women give birth while squatting. |
| stealthily | In a cautious and surreptitious manner, so as not to be seen or heard. I woke up and stealthily crept downstairs. |
| stealthy | Behaving or done in a cautious and surreptitious manner, so as not to be seen or heard. Stealthy footsteps. |
| step | A doorstep. He stepped out of retirement to answer an SOS call from his old club. |
| surreptitious | Kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of. A surreptitious glance at his watch. |
| wince | Draw back, as with fear or pain. She winced when she heard his pompous speech. |
