Words about words

Something is private if it is only for the use of one person, or a specific group of people, and isn't to be shared with anyone else. For example, a private bathroom or a private club.

The opposite of private is public.

You prop something up when you support it, or stop it from falling over. The wall in the picture is being propped up by a piece of wood.

You feel proud when you have a good feeling about something that you have done, or something that someone else has done. A parent may be proud of their child who has just graduated university. A child may be proud of making a very good painting.
The boy in the picture is proud of his newborn baby brother.

You punch something when you hit it with your fist.
People punch each other when they fight or they punch inanimate objects like walls when they are frustrated.

Purebred means an animal or plant with parents of the same type, so its traits are true to its breed.

People use the term when breeding or showing animals, like dogs, cats, and horses. It is often found in pet stores, animal clubs, and pedigree papers. Some people want purebred animals for predictable features.

When you push something it goes away from you. When you pull something it comes towards you.
The child in the picture is pushing a pram.

Something is quaint when it has a certain old-fashioned charm, or if it is interesting in a nice way but a little strange too.

A question mark is a punctuation mark used in writing to indicate a question. When you're speaking, you ask a question by raising your tone of voice at the end of the sentence. Since writing has no tone, a question mark is used instead.

Something is quiet if it doesn't make very much noise. Somewhere is quiet if you can't hear much noise when you are there.
The opposite of quiet is loud and if there is no noise at all, it is silent.

Quoth is an old-fashioned form of said or quoted. The most famous use of the word is in a poem by Edgar Allan Poe: "Quoth the raven, nevermore".