Hobbit Vocab #4

with a leg on each side of something (adverb)

• astride

• flounder

• waning

• maraud

The best way to ride a horse is with your legs __________.

• astride

• flounder

• waning

• maraud

struggle or stagger helplessly or clumsily in water or mud

• astride

• flounder

• waning

• maraud

He didn't wear the correct footwear and was _________ing in the mud.

• astride

• flounder

• waning

• maraud

(of the moon) have a progressively smaller part of its visible surface illuminated, so that it appears to decrease in size

• astride

• flounder

• waning

• maraud

Even though no one admitted to eating the cake, it was slowly __________.

• astride

• flounder

• waning

• maraud

roam in search of things to steal or people to attack

• astride

• flounder

• waning

• maraud

It is a pirate's main duty to ___________ the open ocean.

• astride

• flounder

• waning

• maraud

work extremely hard or incessantly

• toil

• flounder

• waning

• maraud

This English class makes me _______ each day on hard work.

• toil

• flounder

• waning

• maraud