The Hobbit Vocab Quiz 1

Because he was not playing close attention, the driver made a ______________ by hitting a stop sign.

• discreet

• blunder

• porter

• larder

The new girl at my school is _______________, considering herself better than everyone else.

• scones

• scuttle

• throng

• haughty

The _______________ of the coral reef by tourists who touch and break off pieces is a serious problem.

• blunder

• discreet

• depredation

• throng

Hoping to avoid detection, the shoplifter tried to be ____________ when walking through the store.

• discreet

• laburnum

• scones

• haughty

I'm going to bake some ________ for our afternoon tea.

• scuttle

• larder

• scones

• laburnum

My dream is to have a ________ – a whole room dedicated to food.

• scuttle

• porter

• throng

• larder

In one corner stood a ___________-tree, covered with yellow blossoms; under a tall elm near by was a rustic seat.

• blunder

• scones

• laburnum

• depredations

The spider _______ under our bed as we were turning in.

• porter

• scuttled

• larder

• blunder

• The celebrity asked his bodyguard to clear him a pathway through the _______ of fans blocking the theater entrance.

• throng

• laburnum

• scone

• porter

• After drinking a glass of ________, he went to bed and slept soundly.

• blunder

• larder

• scone

• porter