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Peak Moleskine 2 Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The climb up the skyscraper in New York was _____________, especially with the cold wind and rain. 

a)

cringe

b)

precarious

c)

audacious

d)

denouement

2.

·         Being asked to quit my climb and take the rope during the last four feet of the climb was _______________!

a)

dehydrating

b)

duress

c)

demoralizing

d)

acclimatizing

3.

·         Peak placed his “tags”, the painted mountain peaks, in ___________ places that were extremely difficult to reach.

a)

colorful

b)

audacious

c)

demoralizing

d)

hydrated

4.

·     Vincent told Peak, “Your moleskine must have a story, one with a beginning, middle and a _____________at the end to tie the story together."

a)

setting

b)

climax

c)

rising action

d)

denouement

5.

  Peak confessed to the crime while under ______________.  He was tired while being threatened and pressured by the police.

a)

duress

b)

denouement

c)

dehydrate

6.

·         When Rolf and Peak’s mom met, they were immediately____________ and knew it was true love.

a)

sick

b)

smitten

c)

millionaires

d)

concurred

7.

·         The boy Peak has left New York City and is now in a(n) ______________ location,” remarked the journalist.

a)

dehydrated

b)

undisclosed

c)

Burger King

d)

mellow

8.

·      I don’t have time to stay with you while you _____________ to the to the altitude, temperature, and thin air.

a)

acclimatize

b)

enjoy

c)

embrace

d)

dehydrate

9.

·         Though he had an American passport, Peak needed a ___________ before he could even enter the country of China.

a)

visa

b)

Papa John's Pizza

c)

Whopper from Burger King

d)

altitude

10.

·  In the past, Joshua Wood was impulsive, easily angered but now he had ______________.  The fact that Peak had been arrested did not seem to upset him.

a)

demoralized

b)

dehydrated

c)

acclimated

d)

mellowed

11.

Jaxson suggested, “Let’s go to the Burger King for lunch.”  My brother and I responded, “We __________”

a)

dehydrate

b)

concur

c)

participate

d)

acclimate

12.

 _____________ with embarrassment when I saw my brother's dance moves at the Spring Dance.

a)

screamed

b)

laughed

c)

cringed

d)

fainted

13.

When the snow began falling, there was complete _________________ as the teachers and students celebrated!

a)

silence

b)

pandemonium

c)

sorrow

d)

altitude

14.

The climbers completed their ___________ up to the mountain summit on a rainy morning in April.

a)

dance

b)

ascent

c)

descent

d)

boulder

15.

The climbers made it to the _____________of Mt. Everest.

a)

Burger King

b)

denouement

c)

summit

d)

McDonald's

16.

The judge overturned the court case because the attorney proved the  testimony was given under ______________.

a)

duress

b)

the table

c)

deep blue sky

d)

denouement

17.

The aircraft had reached its cruising ___________of about 39,000 feet. 

a)

speed

b)

blizzard

c)

pandemonium

d)

altitude

18.

Your body will quickly ____________ if you are in the desert and you do not have any water with you.

a)

dehydrate

b)

acclimatize

c)

cringe

d)

duress

19.

The massive granite _______________blocking the cave entrance was impossible to move.

a)

Yeti

b)

boulder

c)

Big Foot

d)

crazy Middle Schooler

20.

The crowd became_____________ as they waited for the concert to begin.  It was scheduled to begin an hour ago.

a)

agitated

b)

dehydrated

c)

acclimatized