Unit 2 Vocabulary Quiz

The street cats were __________ for food from the dumpster in the alley.

• droning

• scavenging

• scurrying

• scything

As he ran from the bull Lincoln had to be very careful or else he might end up ______ to death.

• droned

• gored

• scavenged

• lagged

Aidan used a scope to hunt and kill his _________ .

• artillery

• torrents

• prey

• rebels

Huxley gave such ________ directions that half of his friends got lost on the way to his house.

• drone

• relentless

• vague

• monotonous

Mrs. Bradbury's flowers began to _______ from neglect.

• scurry

• stagger

• lumber

• languish

The hours of pouring rain is _______. Will it ever stop?

• sluggish

• relentless

• torrents

• monotonous

The snail was really _______ and slow.

• vague

• monotonous

• emaciated

• sluggish

The chickens ______ as I walked towards them.

• scurried

• droned

• gored

• lumbered

The ______ of water scared me and I swooped away.

• notion

• torrents

• merciless

• scurry

The squirrel in my book was _______ as being evil.

• gored

• languished

• depicted

• droned