Vocabulary Quiz -- "The Lagoon"

Which word in this passage means "something that clashes with the things around it?"

• festooned

• reverberated

• discordant

• distorted

Which word in this passage would be a possible synonym for "decorated?"

• festooned

• enticed

• reverberated

• discordant

Which word in this passage was also found in "Beowulf," and was used to describe where Grendel and his mother lived?

• harbors

• enticed

• festooned

• lair

Which word in this passage would be an antonym for "accessible?"

• impenetrable

• lair

• discordant

• distorted

The most likely meaning of "reverberated" in this passage would be

• to be strangely silent

• to do something extremely fast

• to echo

• to cause fear