The Hobbit: Vocabulary Ch.1/2

What does APPARENTLY mean?

• to fold so as to resemble a cross

• clearly defined and accurate

• strange or unusal

• ambiguous

Which sentence correctly uses the term AUDACIOUS?

• Billy Bob is so audacious, he's too nervous to try anything new.

• Billy Bob felt too audacious to climb the mountain, so he stayed at the bottom.

• Billy Bob made the audacious decision to quit his job.

• I'm audacious I'll be out of town next week.

She always ________ her legs when she sat at the table.

Choose the correct definition of CURIOUS

• strange or unusual

• uninterested

• ordinary

• gloomy; serious

The _____ reality was the that the villagers were out of food.

The witches gathered around their cauldron and muttered incantations to raise the dead.

What is an incantation?

• the use accurate language

• a dense crowd

• a plan that outlines expectations and procedures for a given situation

• a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect

Choose the best definition for POLICY.

• clearly defined and accurate

• a plan that outlines expectations and procedures for a given situation

• to take without permission

• the state of dishonesty

The measurements for a science experiment must be precise.

What does precise mean?

• clearly defined and accurate

• very bold and risky

• flexible

• general

The student was suspended after he purloined a copy of the midterm and posted it online.

What is the definition of purloin?

• unite

• complete

• gloomy; serious

• to take without permission

I elbowed my way through the throng that had gathered outside the courthouse.

Choose the definition of throng.

• as far as one knows

• a dense crowd

• scatter

• a group containing a few people