Vocabulary (Poetry Collection)

Choose the word that has about the same meaning as the underlined word.

Jackson finally decided to take a plunge into the lake water.

• crash

• dive

• paddle

• wave

When the bookcase fell, I heard a thud in my brother’s room.

• boom

• voice

• roar

• scream

The robins trilled their calls back and forth from the bushes.

• cackled

• howled

• ran

• whistled

I sailed the boat out to the buoy near the lighthouse and then returned.

• small building

• underwater net

• mechanical prop

• floating object

Which word group is a synonym for flocked in the sentence below?

The children flocked to the show.

• stayed at home

• moved in a group

• decided not to go

• scattered away from