Eng 9A - U1 - Language Focus Quiz Retake

Define the underlined word: Coyotes and jack-rabbits are the most numerous denizens of the Columbia plain.

• actors

• animals

• inhabitants

• carnivores

Define the underlined word: He surreptitiously made a recording with his hidden camera.

• happily

• slyly

• enthusiastically

• sorrowfully

Define the underlined word: The mother rocked her baby until he was mollified.

• baffled

• alerted

• calmed

• upset

Define the underlined word: There was palpable tension in the room.

• able to be felt

• strange

• hurtful

• imagined

Define the underlined word: She glanced sullenly back at the group of men.

• sulkily

• savagely

• cheerfully

• swiftly

Define the underlined word: It wobbled precariously, about to fall.

• oddly

• insecurely

• enthusiastically

• for all to see

Define the underlined word: What are words that can solder cracked pride?

• mend

• alert

• calm

• upset

Define the underlined word: His heart was broken, his thoughts bleak.

• hopeless

• optimistic

• dangerous

• important

Define the underlined word: He turned and mounted his horse in one lithe movement.

• handsome

• graceful

• blundering

• squeaky

Define the underlined word: It was presumptuous of James to make the dinner reservation without first asking Kelly if she wanted to go.

• puzzling

• too bold

• silly

• pitiful