"The Nose Awards" & "Octopus Escapes Again!" Vocabulary

The waistband on these pants is elastic, so it is very__________.

• flexible

• keener

• invisible

• lurking

The principal must __________ her announcement over the students' chatter.

• lurking

• trumpet

• flexible

• keener

A __________ is a tube or hose that is used to pull liquid in or out.

• nostrils

• invisible

• siphon

• trumpet

The moon is __________ now, but you'll see it when the sky clears.

• invisible

• lurking

• nostrils

• keener

Brett used a __________ to get the excess water out of the drain.

• nostrils

• trumpet

• flexible

• siphon

If you __________ a message, you say it loudly and forcefully.

• siphon

• keener

• trumpet

• lurking

My cat's __________ quivered as she smelled the tuna.

• nostrils

• trumpet

• invisible

• siphon

Rabbits need __________ senses than some other animals because they have many enemies.

• flexible

• invisible

• keener

• siphon

A panther is __________ in the bushes, waiting for its next meal to approach.

• keener

• lurking

• invisible

• trumpet

If an animal's senses are __________, they are better, sharper, or more developed.

• trumpet

• flexible

• invisible

• keener