The Scarlet Ibis Practice Vocabulary Quiz

What is the definition of the word 'prim'?

• too ill to live a normal life

• neat and trim

• to swell or rise

• to move from side to side in an uncontrolled manner

What does the word 'invalid' mean?

• too ill to live a normal life

• to decorate; to adorn

• to lounge; to recline in a relaxed way

• gloomy; slow

Which word means 'to swell or rise'?

• bedeck

• billow

• careen

• loll

What is the definition of 'careen'?

• to move from side to side in an uncontrolled manner

• to decorate; to adorn

• to lounge; to recline in a relaxed way

• shimmering; glittering

Which word means 'to decorate; to adorn'?

• prim

• invalid

• bedeck

• imminent

What does 'loll' mean?

• to lounge; to recline in a relaxed way

• too ill to live a normal life

• about to happen

• stubbornness; persistence

Which word means 'gloomy; slow'?

• iridescent

• sullen

• infallibility

• dogged

What is the definition of 'imminent'?

• about to happen

• shimmering; glittering

• in a dangerous or unstable way

• a fleet

Which word means 'shimmering; glittering'?

• prim

• invalid

• iridescent

• heresy

What does 'infallibility' mean?

• an inability to make errors

• the internal organs of humans or animals

• stubbornness; persistence

• a bright red