The Tiger Rising Vocabulary: chapters 1-8

What vocabulary word is used in this sentence:

"The Kentucky Star sign was composed of a yellow neon star that rose and fell over a piece of blue neon in the shape of Kentucky. Rob liked the sign; he _________ a dim but abiding notion that it would bring him good luck. " (page 1)

• harbored

• buoy

• astounded

• interacted

What vocabulary word is used in this sentence:

"He was always worried: worried that Rob did not _________ with the other students, worried that he did not communicate, worried that he wasn't doing well, in any way, at school." (page 15)

• harbor

• interact

• ointment

• fresco

What vocabulary word is used in this sentence:

"It's in Italy," said Rob. "The pictures are painted on the ceiling. They're _________." (page 23)

• interact

• buoy

• ointment

• frescoes

What vocabulary word is used in this sentence:

"He was so __________ at his discovery, so amazed, that he stood and stared." (page 2)

• harbored

• ointment

• frescoes

• astounded

What vocabulary means: feeling or showing great surprise or wonder

• buoy

• astounded

• fresco

• ointment

What vocabulary word means: a smooth substance that is rubbed on the skin to help heal a wound or to reduce pain or discomfort

• ointment

• buoy

• fresco

• astounded

What are the synonyms to the word, fresco?

• brush, mural, design, portray, tint, sketch, frieze, decorate

• awful, unseemly, horrid, grisly, foul, gross, appalling, frightful

What are the synonyms of the word, ointment?

• animated, bright, chirpy, chipper, enthusiastic, jaunty, jolly, lively, merry, peppy

• balm, lotion, slave, dressing, gel, cream, liniment

What are the synonyms of the word, buoyed?

• gloomy, unfavorable, weak, contrary, denying, disallowing, removed, rejecting, opposing

• better, enhance, boost, encourage, build up, upgrade, cheer up, lift, enrich

What are the synonyms of the word, interact?

• collaborate, cooperate, relate, network, combine, work together, intermingle

• calm, recline, soften, unwind, laze, rest, tranquilize, compose oneself