Rikki-Tikki-Tavi Vocabulary Practice

What is the definition of Scuttle?

• A metal container with a sloping hinged lid and a handle, used to fetch and store coal for a domestic fire.

• An act or sound of scuttling

• To move with short, rapid steps

• An opening with a lid in a ship's deck or side

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the definition of Cower?

• To crouch down, as in fear or shame

• The front part of the head from the forehead to the chin

• To come upon; come into the presence of; encounter

• Make public

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the definition of Flinch?

• A furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and worked

• Ahead in position or time

• To shrink back involuntarily

• To draw back, as from something painful, dangerous, or unpleasant

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the definition of Gait?

• To put off

• A person's manner of walking

• A solid piece of material (as stone or wood) usually with one or more flat sides

• Moving at a very slow pace

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the definition of Lunge?

• To make a sudden movement forward; charge

• An act or process of withdrawing especially from what is difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable

• To keep from happening

• Fixed in a station, course, mode

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the definition of Fancy?

• To accept as true or honest

• Pure in thought, conduct, and dress

• To picture mentally; imagine

• The power of knowing

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the definition of Valiant?

• Mean and treacherously cowardly

• To face or endure

• Uncertain how to act or proceed

• Brave; Courageous

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the definition of Brood?

• A serious of thoughts, images, or emotions occurring during sleep

• All of the young of an animal that is born or cared for at the same time

• Sit on eggs to hatch them

• To think over carefully

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the definition of Restless?

• Continuously moving, showing unrest (pacing back and forth)

• A period or condition of freedom from storm, wind, or rough activity of water

• Offering no physical or uncontrollable rest

• Marked by little or no motion or activity

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the definition of Singed?

• Subject to long and severe cold

• Not thick or dense

• Slightly burnt; scorched

• Socially acceptable

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4