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The Mailbox Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Lariat
a)
The hair at the end of an elephant's tail
b)
A rope used as a lasso
c)
A short way to ask "Where's Larry?"
d)
A tool for making bricks
2.
Malicious
a)
The same as delicious
b)
When you have bad breath
c)
Intending to do harm
d)
Describes an object with more than one sharp end
3.
Flounce
a)
Move in an exaggeratedly impatient or angry way
b)
To bounce in a bouncy house
c)
Throw out
d)
To block someone's way
4.
Cinch
a)
Physical strength and good health
b)
A belt
c)
Something that is flattened
d)
An extremely easy task
5.
Pancaked
a)
Make some pancakes
b)
Smell some pancakes
c)
Flatten or become flattened
d)
A popular YouTuber
6.
Pungent
a)
An extremely easy task
b)
having a sharply strong taste or smell
c)
Salamanders eat this
d)
A country in middle of the Atlantic Ocean
7.
Flanked
a)
A yummy piece of meat
b)
When tanks fly
c)
A made up word
d)
To be on each side of or one side of
8.
Adjacent
a)
Next to or joined with something else
b)
An ad placed by Jason
c)
A math term
d)
On top of or above
9.
Vigor
a)
A rare disease of the eyes
b)
A man's name
c)
An ingredient in salad dressing
d)
Physical strength and good health
10.
Preening
a)
Catching prawns
b)
The first step in making sweet and sour sauce
c)
When a bird straightens and cleans it's feathers with it's beak
d)
To show off
11.
Heyday
a)
On this day we eat hay
b)
The time of a person's/thing's greatest success or vigor
c)
The day hay is collected all the horses of the world
d)
A popular greeting for when you first meet someone in Austria
12.
Appendicitis
a)
When the appendix becomes inflamed and painful, it's very serious
b)
The section in the back of a textbook
c)
How they made fresh apple cider in the middle ages
d)
Sudden baldness
13.
Sheepishly
a)
Dressing like a sheep
b)
Counting sheep before sleep
c)
A wolf in sheep's clothing
d)
showing embarrassment from shame or a lack of self-confidence
14.
Demerit
a)
Same as merit
b)
A mark against someone for a fault or offense
c)
An 80's dance move
d)
To move furniture into a new arrangement
15.
Tawny
a)
An incomplete yawn
b)
A Native American name
c)
An orange-brown or yellowish-brown color
d)
Very muscular and strong
16.
Studious
a)
Involving a art or movie studio
b)
Showing great care or attention
17.
Wavering
a)
Surfing at high speeds
b)
Waving hello but not goodbye
c)
Having an open mind
d)
To shake or be undecided
18.
Flair
a)
Special ability for doing something well
b)
To throw forcefully in the air
c)
Show indifference
d)
A hairstyle worn by early Congressmen
19.
Clowning
a)
Grouping clowns by height or size
b)
Acting silly
c)
Intending to visit a circus
d)
A wide grin
20.
Excel
a)
To sell out of a product
b)
To be exceptionally good at something
c)
Run in a exaggeratedly slow manner
d)
A measure of sound