Vocabulary • Ch 5 - Grade 12 • Definitions

What is the definition of 'scion'?

• A young descendent or offspring

• Feeling offended or annoyed by something

• Relating to the movement of Earth's plates

• Shaking slightly because of fear or nervousness

What is the definition of 'serendipity'?

• To travel across or through something

• Verb: Using too many words

• An imagined perfect and ideal place

• Finding something amazing by accident

What word means a short stay or visit in a place?

• vernacular

• sojourn

• sovereign

• umbrage

What word means able to dissolve in a liquid?

• vibrant

• soluble

• unequivocal

• vacious

What word means a ruler in charge of a country?

• vacious

• trite

• scion

• sovereign

What word means a short summary of a story?

• synopsis

• vernacular

• vacillate

• serendipity

What is the definition of 'tectonic'?

• Finding something amazing by accident

• Able to dissolve in a liquid

• A main belief or principle

• Relating to the movement of Earth's plates

What word means a main belief or principle?

• sovereign

• trite

• tenet

• vacious

What is the definition of 'traverse'?

• Overused

• A short stay or visit in a place

• To travel across or through something

• To have difficulty making a decision

What word means shaking slightly because of fear or nervousness?

• traverse

• tenet

• umbrage

• tremulous