Vocabulary Quiz

What is the meaning of the word "ballast" as used in the text?

• A device used for navigation at sea

• A type of sail used on a ship

• Heavy material used to make a ship steady or control the rising of a vessel like a balloon

• A tool used for fishing

Which word describes the ability to float?

• Clamber

• Buoyancy

• Detach

• Eerie

What does the word "clamber" mean?

• To separate from

• To climb awkwardly

• To understand a difficult concept

• To cause uneasiness

What is the meaning of "detach" as a verb?

• To connect two things together

• To climb something

• To separate from

• To float in water

Choose the word that best fits the definition: "Causing uneasiness; strange or mysterious."

• Buoyant

• Fathom

• Eerie

• Ballast

What is a "fathom"?

• A unit of speed on water

• A type of fish

• A length of six feet, used in measuring the depth of water

• A tool used to catch fish

What does it mean to "fathom" something?

• To climb it

• To separate it from something else

• To cause uneasiness

• To figure out; to understand