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Chapters 4-8, Section 2 Bless Me, Ultima Vocabulary

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

gunny sack

a)

bag for shotguns

b)

sack made of coarse, heavy fabric

c)

sleeping bag

d)

medicinal plant

2.

arroyo

a)

herb for anxiety

b)

corn meal

c)

small yellow flower

d)

water-carved gully or channel

3.

intoned

a)

played off key

b)

painted with same colors

c)

chanted

d)

carved out of plastic

4.

labyrinth

a)

maze

b)

woven necklace

c)

cave

d)

species from the cat family

5.

teeming

a)

to become filled to overflowing

b)

divide people into groups

c)

forming unions

d)

poking holes into a surface

6.

succulent

a)

spicy

b)

full of mold spores

c)

sour

d)

juicy

7.

gnarled

a)

gnome house

b)

beautifully smooth

c)

knobby, rough, and twisted especially with age

d)

rainbow striped

8.

manzanilla

a)

Godzilla's cousin

b)

Chamomile (daisy-like plant used for teas, etc.)

c)

vanilla flavoring

d)

a small village

9.

pilgrimage

a)

the first Thanksgiving

b)

grain left in a silo

c)

journey to a sacred place

d)

uneven material

10.

droning

a)

make a continuous low humming sound

b)

ironing with a brick

c)

angry bees leaving a hive

d)

complaining online

11.

plaintive

a)

a type of banana

b)

not decorated

c)

sounding sad and mournful

d)

legally bound

12.

clamored

a)

made with seafood

b)

fortified with shells

c)

shouted loudly and insistently

d)

mirrored with tile

13.

mesas

a)

isolated flat-topped hills with steep sides

b)

cornmeal

c)

low lying shrubs

d)

filled pinata

14.

refuge

a)

water container

b)

something providing shelter

c)

rotted boards

d)

a bad smell

15.

blasphemy

a)

a tribal chant

b)

sandblasting a surface

c)

swollen lymph nodes

d)

the act or offense of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things, profane talk

16.

retorted

a)

make icing for a cake

b)

to pay or hurl back, to say a reply

c)

to borrow money

d)

to dig herbs

17.

melee

a)

hand grenade

b)

type of melon

c)

part of a tin roof

d)

confused fight, skirmish, or scuffle

18.

intercession

a)

action of saying a prayer on behalf of another person

b)

time between quarters

c)

session for crafts

d)

a layer of skin

19.

eddies

a)

snowflakes

b)

baby goats

c)

circular movement of water, snow, etc., counter to a main current causing a small whirlpool

d)

a type of raisin

20.

spectral

a)

spotlight

b)

like a ghost

c)

a clamp

d)

a fin on a fish

21.

regenerated

a)

green energy source

b)

a tax-free corporation

c)

fat free mayonnaise

d)

having new and more vigorous life, revived

22.

turgid

a)

decomposed flesh

b)

church pew

c)

bicycle tire

d)

swollen and distended or congested

23.

audacity

a)

willingness to take bold risks

b)

shyness

c)

willingness to get along with others

d)

fear of small crabs

24.

quavered

a)

running blindly through darkness

b)

bidding without fear on an auction item

c)

shake or tremble in speaking, typically through nervousness or emotion

d)

juggling plums for a circus act

25.

beamed

a)

shine brightly

b)

knock someone on the head lightly

c)

to fold in cheese in a recipe

d)

glow-in-the-dark sketching