Chains Ch 12-22 Vocabulary Quiz for Grade 8 Students

What does the word "ponder" mean?

• A noisy commotion or disturbance

• Reflect on a topic deeply

• A building to house military personnel

• Related by blood

Which word describes a "noisy commotion or disturbance"?

• Barrack

• Kin

• Ruckus

• Doff

What is a "barrack"?

• A building or group of buildings to house military personnel

• Related by blood

• Remove

• An often persistent disease

What does "kin" refer to?

• Remove

• Related by blood

• A hot, smoldering fragment of wood left from a fire

• Indicate by signs

What does it mean to "doff" something?

• Remove

• With strained or eager attention

• A hot, smoldering fragment of wood left from a fire

• Indicate by signs

What is an "ailment"?

• An often persistent disease

• With strained or eager attention

• A hot, smoldering fragment of wood left from a fire

• Indicate by signs

What does "intently" mean?

• With strained or eager attention

• A hot, smoldering fragment of wood left from a fire

• Indicate by signs

• Turned or twisted to one side

What is an "ember"?

• Indicate by signs

• Turned or twisted to one side

• A hot, smoldering fragment of wood left from a fire

• An instrument from which a person is executed by hanging

What does "portend" mean?

• Indicate by signs

• Turned or twisted to one side

• An instrument from which a person is executed by hanging

• With one leg on each side

What does "askew" mean?

• An instrument from which a person is executed by hanging

• With one leg on each side

• An illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority

• Turned or twisted to one side