Vocabulary Quiz: Week 35

According to the book How Tia Lola learn to Teach (p. 76), the word insconspicuous means?

• easily seen or noticed; striking

• attracting special attention, as by outstanding qualities or eccentricities

• prominent, striking, noteworthy.

• not easily seen or noticed

According to the book How Tia Lola learn to Teach (p. 77), the word reluctant means?

• willing.

• marked by hesitation or slowness because of unwillingness.

• struggling in opposition.

• implies some sort of mental struggle, as between disinclination and sense of duty.

According to the book How Tia Lola learn to Teach (p. 78), the word alternative means?

• being different from the usual.

• employing or following nontraditional or unconventional ideas, methods, etc.

• a choice among only two possibilities such that if one is chosen, the other cannot be chosen.

• one of these choices.

According to the book How Tia Lola learn to Teach (p. 78), the word startled means?

• to disturb or agitate suddenly as by surprise or alarm.

• a sudden fear or feeling of anxiety due to the awareness of danger;fright.

• to warn of danger.

• to fit or equip with an alarm or alarms, as for fire, smoke, or robbery.

According to the book How Tia Lola learn to Teach (p. 79), the word peppering means?

• the fruit of this plant, ranging from mild to very strong in flavor.

• the strong-smelling, dried berries of a tropical shrub, used as a spice.

• a plant belonging to the nightshade family.

• to season, sprinkle, cover, or pelt with or as if with pepper, or missiles or small objects.

According to the book How Tia Lola learn to Teach (p. 79), the word peppering means?

• the layer of fat below the skin of a whale.

• excess body fat:

• to weep or cry noisily and without restraint.

According to the book How Tia Lola learn to Teach (p. 81), the word defy means?

• to challenge the power of.

• to offer resistance to;withstand.

• to challenge to a combat or contest.

According to the book How Tia Lola learn to Teach (p. 82), the word scalp means?

• Anatomythe skin of the upper part of the head.

• to cut or tear the scalp from.

• to resell (tickets, stocks, etc.) at unfairly high prices.

According to the book How Tia Lola learn to Teach (p. 83), the word plotting means?

• to make (a calculation) by graph.

• main story of a piece of writing, as a novel or movie.

• a small piece of ground.

• a secret plan to accomplish some purpose

According to the book How Tia Lola learn to Teach (p. 85), the word tidy means?

• any of various articles for keeping things tidy, as a box having small drawers and compartments.

• tolerably good;acceptable

• neat and orderly, as in appearance or dress.

• a small container in which odds and ends are kept