G6 Vocabulary Quiz Endterm II

Person who was the first to create a device (noun)

• inventor /ɪnˈvɛntər/

• gadget /ˈɡædʒɪt/

• genius /ˈdʒiːniəs/

• terrier /ˈtɛriər/

To attempt to repair or improve something (verb)

• to tinker /ˈtɪŋkər/

• to mutter /ˈmʌtər/

• to scrape /skreɪp/

• to dare /dɛər/

Small machine or piece of electronic equipment (noun)

• gadget /ˈɡædʒɪt/

• carcass /ˈkɑːrkəs/

• whip /wɪp/

• boulder /ˈboʊldər/

Great delight (noun)

• glee /ɡliː/

• saliva /səˈlaɪvə/

• bound /baʊnd/

• pasture /ˈpæstʃər/

leaning forward with raised shoulders, or bending your back into a rounded shape (adjective)

• hunched /hʌntʃt/

• ragged /ˈræɡɪd/

• deformed /dɪˈfɔːrmd/

• jagged /ˈdʒæɡɪd/

Old and torn (of cloth) (adjective)

• ragged /ˈræɡɪd/

• hideous /ˈhɪdiəs/

• sombre /ˈsɒmbər/

• gloomy /ˈɡluːmi/

to complain about something in a quiet voice (verb)

• to mutter /ˈmʌtər/

• to glimmer /ˈɡlɪmər/

• to shudder /ˈʃʌdər/

• to scrape /skreɪp/

Very smart person (noun)

• genius /ˈdʒiːniəs/

• inventor /ɪnˈvɛntər/

• carcass /ˈkɑːrkəs/

• terrier /ˈtɛriər/

Unable to hear (adjective)

• deaf /dɛf/

• ghastly /ˈɡæstli/

• ferocious /fəˈroʊʃəs/

• sombre /ˈsɒmbər/

To push/pull a sharp object across something (verb)

• to scrape /skreɪp/

• to tinker /ˈtɪŋkər/

• to shudder /ˈʃʌdər/

• to glimmer /ˈɡlɪmər/