Vocab 7 - The Hobbit (Week 1)

What is the meaning of the word "dignity'?

Example: He bowed with great dignity.

• a sense of pride in oneself, self-respect

• a sense of dishonor or disrespect

• a very low bow or curtsy

• heavyweight curtains

What is the meaning of the word "absurd"?

Example: This quest is so dangerous and absurd.

• Wildly illogical and unreasonable

• Perfectly treacherous

• Steeply uphill

• Tiny baby marmots

What is the meaning of the word "prosperous"?

Example: She is a prosperous businesswoman.

• hailing from Prosper (a city in Montana)

• impoverished or destitute

• Successful, wealthy

• a monkey hanging from a fast-moving ceiling fan

What is the meaning of the word "intricate"?

Example: The carvings in the table were very intricate.

• detailed and/or complicated

• deep, narrow, and fragile

• great balls of bacon

• of or pertaining to trees

What is the meaning of the word "prudent"?

Example: It would not be prudent to give your mom a dead rat.

• showing thought for the future

• kind, respectful

• easy, basic

• ya basic

What is the meaning of the word "estimable"?

Example: She is an estimable opponent.

• powered by water

• worthy of great respect

• dishonorable or insignificant

• mythological

What is the meaning of the word "parchment"?

Example: He unrolled the parchment carefully.

• stiff, flat, material made from animal skin

• a service for electronic academic transcripts

• a medieval jelly cake

• dreadlocks

What is the meaning of the word "obstinate"?

Example: He will not go; he is so obstinate.

• stubbornly refusing to change one's mind

• slow or out-of-shape

• spontaneous and joyful

• stuffed with cotton

What is the meaning of the word "audacious"?

Example: He will join us because he is an audacious adventurer.

• Willing to take bold risks

• Careless or reckless

• well-prepared

• barbecue master

What is the meaning of the word "repose"?

Example: Where the light lends itself to soft repose.

• a state of rest or tranquility

• inhabited by another spirit

• happy wakefulness

• Dippin' Dots