Vocabulary Unit 12 "The Spider King"

The townspeople were filled with __________________ when they heard the local high school football team had won the championship.

• jubilation

• interception

• talons

• illumination

What word means to separate a part from the whole by cutting?

• sever

• talon

• gorge

• preserve

What word means to fly high in the sky?

• jubilate

• preserve

• talon

• soar

What does occasion mean?

• a claw

• a particular time or event

• to cut a part away from the whole

• to light up

What does illuminate mean?

• to light up

• to stop or seize something while it's on its way somewhere

• to save

• a narrow passage between steep cliffs

What does gorge mean?

• a particular time or event

• a feeling of great joy

• a narrow passage between steep cliffs

• to save or protect

What is the meaning of talon?

• a claw, especially of a bird

• to fly high in the sky

• to separate a part from the whole by cutting

• a feeling of great joy

What is the meaning of preserve?

• to fly high in the sky

• to stop of seize something

• to save or protect

• to light up

That enormous chandelier will ________ the whole room.

• illuminate

• gorge

• intercept

• jubilation

My mom and I stood in the _________ and looked up at the tall cliffs.

• gorge

• illuminate

• intercept