Vocabulary Quiz Week 22

Choose the correct vocabulary word for the definition:

a narrow passage between steep cliffs, usually with a stream running through.

• illuminate

• gorge

• sever

• talon

Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word:

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

• gorge

• illuminate

• sever

• talon

Choose the correct vocabulary word for the definition:

to light up; to supply with light.

• intercept

• occasion

• illuminate

• tropical

Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word:

That enormous chandelier will ____________ the whole room.

• intercept

• occasion

• tropical

• illuminate

Choose the correct vocabulary word for the definition:

to stop or seize something while it’s on its way somewhere.

• soar

• jubilation

• gorge

• intercept

Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word:

The home team was able to _________ the ball before their rivals could run it into the end-zone.

• soar

• intercept

• jubilation

• gorge

Choose the correct vocabulary word for the definition:

a feeling of great joy.

• illuminate

• jubilation

• preserve

• intercept

Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word:

We couldn't contain our __________ at finally being out of school for the summer, so we jumped up and down and shouted.

• preserve

• intercept

• sever

• jubilation

Choose the correct vocabulary word for the definition:

a particular time or happening.

• occasion

• gorge

• talon

• tropical

Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word:

Mare's 12th birthday was a big ________ to celebrate.

• talon

• occasion

• tropical

• soar