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WorksheetsManiac Magee Part I Vocabulary 2
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 38mins
"As the stupefied high-schoolers were leaving the scene, they looked back." Stupefied means:
the quality or state of being alone or remote from society
of basic importance, main, chief, primary
having a reputation of the worst kind, notoriously evil, known for doing something wrong or bad
dumbfounded, astonished, astounded
"It reeled in every Pickwell kid for dinner every night." Reeled means:
brought, pulled
stopped, seized, or interrupted in progress or course before arrival
lifted, raised
confused, perplexed
"He was running,, passing the spear field now, and the Pickwell kids had to blink and squint and shade their eyes to make sure they were seeing right - because the kid wasn't running the cinders alongside the tracks, or the wooden ties." Cinders means:
emissions, things sent forth as from a source
a supply of arms for defense or attack, a collection of available resources, a place where arms and military equipment are stored
ashes
a movable bridge used in boarding or leaving a ship at a pier
"After each whiff, he laughed and bellowed the strikeout total." Bellowed means:
withdrew from as if from pain, winced, tensed muscles involuntarily in anticipation of discomfort
made the loud, deep, hollow sound characteristic of a bull, shouted in a deep voice
lifted, raised
came together and united in a common interest or focus
"The victims were hunched and trembling, walking the gangplank." Gangplank means:
half of a spherical or roughly spherical body, a planet, specifically: the northern or southern half of the earth as divided by the equator or the eastern or western half as divided by the meridian
a supply of arms for defense or attack, a collection of available resources, a place where arms and military equipment are stored
an optical illusion
a movable bridge used in boarding or leaving a ship at a pier
"McNab froze, then flinched, just in time." Flinched means:
made the loud, deep, hollow sound characteristic of a bull, shouted in a deep voice
lifted, raised
came together and united in a common interest or focus
withdrew from as if from pain, winced, tensed muscles involuntarily in anticipation of discomfort
"His nostrils flared; he was breathing like a picadored bull." Picadored means:
becoming loudly insistent, proclaiming insistently and noisily
made the loud, deep, hollow sound characteristic of a bull, shouted in a deep voice
a bull whose neck muscles have been lanced, pricked, cut open, so it will keep its head low for the later stage of the bullfight
stopped, seized, or interrupted in progress or course or before arrival
"Pandemonium on the sidelines." Pandemonium means:
the lot, group, or bunch, a crowd, or collection of people
emissions, things sent forth as from a source
the living, material or physical body
a wild uproar, tumult, chaos
"The kid who intercepted Brian Dennehy's pass to Hands Down and punted it back longer than Denehy himself ever threw it." Intercepted means:
came together and united in a common interest or focus
brought, pulled
lifted, raised
stopped, seized, or interrupted in progress or course or before arrival
"Yells behind him now, war whoops, stones pelting the water, stinging his back ... ah, the other side, through the trees and picker bushes, past the armory jeeps and out to the park boulevard ..." Armory means:
becoming loudly insistent, proclaiming insistently and noisily
small amount, superficial
of basic importance, main, chief, primary
a place where arms and military equipment are stored
"Maniac was befuddled." Befuddled means:
confused, perplexed
brought, pulled
lifted, raised
the quality or state of being alone or remote from society
"Suddenly his world was very small and simple: a brick wall behind him, a row of scowling faces in front of him." Scowling means:
dumbfounded, astonished, astounded
becoming loudly insistent, proclaiming insistently and noisily
contracting the brow in an expression of displeasure, exhibiting a threatening aspect
a quick thrusting, usually made by leaning or striding forward
"Maniac's lip started to quiver, and right there, with the car idling in the middle of the street, Maniac told him that he didn't really have a home, unless you counted the deer shed at the zoo." Idling means:
withdrew from as if from pain, winced, tensed muscles involuntarily in anticipation of discomfort
came together and united in a common interest or focus
contracting the brow in an expression of displeasure, exhibiting a threatening aspect
run at low power and often disconnected usually so that power is not used for useful work
"Most of the time during the day the little ones drove her crazy; she couldn't stand to be in the same hemisphere with them." Hemisphere means:
a movable bridge used in boarding or leaving a ship at a pier
a submarine sandwich made of a long, crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats, cheese, tomato, onion, lettuce, and condiments
a condition of civil unrest or insurrection, an agitated disturbance, noisy confusion
half of a spherical or roughly spherical body, a planet, specifically: the northern or southern half of the earth as divided by the equator or the easter or western half as divided by a meridian
"He loved the silence and solitude." Solitude means:
a wild uproar, tumult, chaos
an optical illusion
the lot, group, or bunch, a crowd or collection of people
the quality or state of being alone or remote from society
"He loved the Fourth of July block party, when the whole East End converged for a day and night of games and music and grilled chicken and ribs and sweet-potato pie and dancing until the last firecracker, and then some." Converged means:
made the loud, deep, hollow sound characteristic of a bull
came together and united in a common interest or focus
happening or existing without the knowledge of someone
stopped, seized, or interrupted in progress or course or before arrival
"Unbeknownst to her, Maniac always found it." Unbeknownst means:
contracting the brow in an expression of displeasure, exhibiting a threatening aspect
happening or existing without the knowledge of someone
a condition of civil unrest or insurrection, an agitated disturbance, noisy confusion
the quality or state of being alone or remote from society
"Meanwhile, inside, Cobbles was selling pizza left and right, not to mention zeps (a Two Mills type of hoagie), steak sandwiches, strombolis, and gallons of soda." Hoagie means:
a calzone-like enclosed sandwich of cheese, usually mozzarella, and pepperoni, or other meat, wrapped in pizza dough
a submarine sandwich made of a long, crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats, cheese, tomato, onion, lettuce, and condiments
any of various large constricting snakes, as a boa, some of the largest existing snakes
a movable bridge used in boarding or leaving a ship at a pier
"Meanwhile, inside, Cobbles was selling pizza left and right, not to mention zeps (a Two Mills type of hoagie), steak sandwiches, strombolis, and gallons of soda."
a submarine sandwich made of a long, crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats, cheese, tomato, onion, lettuce, and condiments
a calzone-like enclosed sandwich of cheese, usually mozzarella, and pepperoni or other meat, wrapped in pizza dough
emissions, things sent forth as from a source
a supply of arms for defense or attack, a collection of availalble resources
