Vocabulary Quiz

What does the word "lure" mean?

• To become less severe

• To tempt or attract with the promise of something good

• To eat or swallow greedily

• A soft gentle breeze

What is the meaning of "famished"?

• Extremely hungry

• To ricochet

• To make larger

• Calm, peaceful

What does "ingenious" mean?

• Marked by imagination, resourcefulness, or cleverness

• To rebound at least once from a surface

• An extremely large, powerful storm

• To become less severe

What is a "zephyr"?

• A deep valley with steep sides

• A soft gentle breeze

• To strike a surface obliquely

• To lure into a trap

What does "cyclone" refer to?

• A quick look at someone or something

• An extremely large, powerful, and destructive storm

• To eat or swallow greedily

• Soothing; mild and pleasant

What does the word "shrewd" mean?

• A tall wading bird

• Marked with spots of different colors

• Marked by practical hardheaded intelligence, clever

• To drink in large quantities

Which of the following is a definition of "crane"?

• A machine used to lift and lower heavy items

• To make stronger, larger, greater, louder, or more powerful

• Wild, violent

• To look steadily

What does "quaff" mean?

• To give way or move over

• To drink in large quantities; to gulp

• A channel or ditch for water

• A showy tuft on the head of an animal

What is the meaning of "mottled"?

• To stretch out one's neck to see better

• Marked with spots of different colors

• The highest point of a wave

• To look steadily

What does "trough" refer to?

• A shallow receptacle for feed or drinking water of an animal

• To give forth or produce by a natural process

• To make stronger, larger, greater, louder, or more powerful

• Wild, violent