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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Vocab-Ch. 5-8

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

commotion

a)

noisy confusion; disorder

b)

movement of a train

c)

the act of running away

2.

outwitted

a)

got the better of someone by being more clever

b)

dried out from heat

c)

very funny personality

3.

famine

a)

family connections

b)

extended family

c)

a great lack of food over a wide area

4.

woeful

a)

unhappy, sorrowful

b)

joyful

c)

hopeful

5.

surplus

a)

servings or helpings of food

b)

an extra amount

c)

army supplies

6.

feeble

a)

wobbly

b)

weak; without strength

c)

hungry

7.

dismal

a)

undaunted

b)

distracted

c)

sad, full of gloom

8.

portions

a)

cooked poultry

b)

servings or helping of food from one person

c)

partitions for sleeping

9.

threadbare

a)

sewing; making clothing

b)

meager clothing

c)

clothing so worn that the threads can be seen

10.

meager

a)

part of a whole

b)

low in amount, strength or value

c)

non-sense

11.

contaminated

a)

containing supplies

b)

made dirty, polluted, or not usable

c)

container to hold things needed

12.

plague

a)

a layering of calcium on the teeth

b)

a disease that spreads quickly and kills many people

c)

something to recognize the attributes of a person

13.

parable

a)

a short novel

b)

a short story told to teach a moral

c)

a short poem

14.

stimulated

a)

excited; activated

b)

electrical shock for medical purposes

c)

occurring a the same time

15.

conductor

a)

a person who conducts and interview

b)

engineer running a train

c)

anything that carries or allows the passage of heat or electricity

16.

disarray

a)

the point at which two lines cross

b)

confusion; disorder

c)

dissolving rays of the sun

17.

converted

a)

contented

b)

changed into another form or state

c)

electroshocked