Vocabulary Quiz #6

tempt (a person or animal) to do something or to go somewhere, especially by offering some form of reward.

• dormant

• convulse

• gingerly

• lure

dry, flammable material, such as wood or paper, used for lighting a fire

• tinder

• gorge

• eddied

• abrupt

short and thick

• hefted

• stubby

• receded

• haunches

sudden and unexpected

• trotted

• rivulets

• convulse

• abrupt

knobbly, rough, and twisted, especially with ag

• eddied

• gnarled

• gingerly

• tinder

an involuntary grimace or an involuntary slight move away because of pain, discomfort or anticipation of pain or discomfort

• wincing

• dormant

• receded

• lure

a very small stream

• gnarled

• wincing

• rivulets

• receded

temporarily inactive or inoperative

• dormant

• trotted

• gorge

• stubby

the human hip or fleshy hindquarter of an animal

• rivulets

• haunches

• tinder

• stubby

a narrow valley between hills or mountains, typically with steep rocky walls and a stream running through it

• gorge

• convulse

• eddied

• gnarled