The Hobbit, vocabulary chapters 1 - 3

Which vocabulary terms best fills in the blank?

The prince’s _______________ plan to save the princess included crossing the deathly forest and killing the dragon.

• folly

• prosy

• audacious

• prudent

What term fills in the sentence?

Hurricane Dorian caused much _______________ in the Bahamas.

• depredation

• palpitating

• purloin

• remuneration

Which word finishes this sentence? This one has TWO answers. You must choose BOTH.

The _______________ Steven Spielberg has won three Academy Awards, which includes two for Best Director.

• flummoxed

• waylaid

• venerable

• estimable

Which term completes the sentence?

The ___________________ kept the burning logs from falling out onto the floor as they popped and flamed higher.

• larder

• rune

• repose

• fender

Which word best completes the sentence?

The math problem so __________ the class that even the one kid whom everyone knew was math brilliant couldn't figure it out.

• follied

• flummoxed

• reposed

• venerabled

Which vocab term best finishes the sentence?

It is complete _______________ to assume that just because you are smart that you don't need to pay attention or do the assigned work to pass this class.

• prudence

• flummox

• folly

• ire

This one word will finish BOTH sentences. The first word uses it as a noun while the second uses it as a verb.

There's a ________ upstream where the water is shallow and slower moving; we can cross there.

We hope to ____________ the river in a shallow spot where the water isn't rushing.

• ford

• purloin

• fender

• repose

Which word completes this sentence?

The fierce, fire-breathing dragon's _______________ waxed hotter and hotter as he thought about the townspeople ignoring his dire warnings.

• folly

• ire

• depredations

• larders

What word best completes this sentence?

The famous Old Woman in the Shoe had empty ____________, so she couldn't feed all her many children.

• remuneration

• folly

• Fords

• larders

Which vocabulary word belongs in this sentence?

Heart ________________ so fast I feared it would beat out of my chest, I ran as fast as my legs would carry me.

• palpitating

• parapetting

• purloining

• reposing