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The Mysterious Island Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does unabated mean?

a)

unvanquished vigor

b)

intermittent power

c)

undiminished force or vigor

d)

surrendering force

2.

Clamber is...

a)

descend with difficulty

b)

climb with effort and difficulty

c)

decline with effort

d)

This is a wrong answer go down using both limbs

3.

A synonym of resolute is...

a)

doubtful

b)

fearful

c)

cowardly

d)

determined

4.

Another word for cast off is...

a)

abandon

b)

eject

c)

reject

d)

restraint

5.

What is a promontory

a)

valley

b)

headland

c)

precipice

d)

plateau

6.

What is the best definition of spit?

a)

to eject saliva from the mouth

b)

the act of spitting

c)

to express hatred, contempt

d)

a narrow point of land projecting into the water

7.

Ebb is...

a)

advance

b)

the inflow of the tide as the water goes to the shore

c)

the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea

d)

development

8.

What in the world is cove?

a)

a manager, especially of a sheep station

b)

a small indentation or recess in the shoreline of a sea

c)

a small niche

d)

a person; fellow

9.

What is craggy?

a)

an area of land having many very large hills

b)

an area of land having lots of trees

c)

an area of land having huge mountains

d)

an area of land having no mountains

10.

When you think of charred you say it's ...

a)

to do housework, odd jobs, or chores

b)

to put out a bonfire

c)

to clean or repair

d)

to burn or reduce to charcoal

11.

What does fortuitous mean?

a)

happening or producing by chance

b)

happening or producing occasionally

c)

happening or producing by strength

d)

happening or producing on purpose

12.

The best definition of composure is...

a)

the position of the limbs or the body as a whole

b)

to assume a particular position

c)

being violent and disturbed

d)

being serene, self-controlled of mind

13.

Churning means...

a)

staying still for hours

b)

stiring water slightly

c)

moving or shaking in agitation

d)

boiling water

14.

A spillway is a...

a)

hallway through which extra water enters in a reservoir

b)

hallway through which extra water escapes from a reservoir

c)

watercourse

d)

storm drain

15.

Mason is...

a)

a male given name

b)

a person whose trade is building with wood

c)

a person whose trade is building with bricks and stones

d)

the French word for house

16.

What is tenfold?

a)

comprising ten parts or members

b)

a hundred times as great or as much

c)

comprising a hundred parts or members

d)

ten times as great or as much

17.

Jacamar is...

a)

an insectivorous bird of tropical American forests

b)

a tropical American shelter for its natives

c)

a tropical American, sweet and tasty fruit

d)

a tropical American tree

18.

What does dazzling mean?

a)

dark enough, so as to get people scared

b)

dull enough, so as to make people feel bored

c)

bright enough, so as to blind the eyes temporarily

d)

ordinary enough, so as to have people uninterested

19.

What is hastily?

a)

with excessive urgency

b)

with excessive thirst

c)

with excessive hate

d)

with excessive speed

20.

What in the world is skirmish?

a)

a fight between two birds

b)

a fight between small bodies of troops of opposing armies

c)

a fight between two pirates

d)

a fight between a man and a gorilla