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Shiloh Vocabulary

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
groveling (verb) "Dog goes down on his stomach, groveling about in the grass."
a)
crawling
b)
barking
c)
eating
d)
biting
2.
"Something really hurts inside you when you see a dog cringe like that.  You know somebody's been kicking at him."
a)
to dance around
b)
to crawl and beg
c)
bend one's head and body in fear 
d)
to beat or hit
3.
"It isn't that we're rock-poor; trouble is that Grandma Preston's got real feeble, and she's being cared for by Dad's sister over in Clarksburg."
a)
tough
b)
energetic
c)
strong
d)
weak
4.
"I'm tense as a cricket that night.  Tense when Dad drives up in his Jeep, afraid the dog will bark.  Tense when Dara Lynn and Becky are out in the yard playing after dinner, squealin' and yellin', afraid that Shiloh will want to get in on the fun and maybe dig a hole under the fence."
a)
relaxed
b)
anxious
c)
worry-free
d)
sleepy
5.

Weak from age or sickness

a)

suspicions

b)

envy

c)

feeble

d)

obliged

6.

To look closely or curiously at something.

a)

see

b)

mystify

c)

peering

d)

wonder

7.

Shiloh was __________ Marty's hand after he gave him his leftover dinner.

a)

licking

b)

biting

c)

covering

d)

nuzzling

8.

To nourish something means to

a)

provide it with food to grow

b)

make it stronger

c)

make a list of something

d)

have less of something

9.

One would cringe at something that made them happy

a)

True

b)

False

10.

1.     “Next morning Dad gives me a _________ when he comes through to the kitchen, and I'm up like a shot.” Which word best is used in this sentence that means to push or bump?

a)

Nudge

b)

Snarl

c)

Squeal

d)

Catalog

11.

To lie or crawl with the face down in fear

a)

obliged

b)

detour

c)

commences

d)

groveling

12.

to stare with a fierce or angry look

a)

groveling

b)

cringe

c)

glares

d)

dwell

13.

looking at something closely or staring out from something such as a window

a)

groveling

b)

glares

c)

dwell

d)

peering

14.

to spend too much time thinking, talking, or writing about something

a)

dwell

b)

peering

c)

nudge

d)

tense

15.

A gentle push, with an elbow to grab someone's attention

a)

nourish

b)

nudge

c)

feeble

d)

cringe

16.

to touch or rub someone with a nose

a)

groveling

b)

peering

c)

nuzzling

d)

nourish