Parts of Speech
This word means to climb up, across, or into somewhere with difficulty, using the hands and feet.
What part of speech is "clambered?"
What is an verb?
This word means to cook something liquid, or something with liquid in it, at a temperature slightly below boiling.
What is "simmered?"
Vocab 2: This word means "to include, contain, or consist of specific parts"
What is comprise?
For weeks the little camp had been _____________ nightly by a chorus from the hills round about.
a. impeded
b. serenaded
c. comprised
What is serenaded?
Vocab 1: This word means "to win, triumph, or be more powerful than something else after a fight or argument"
What is prevail?
This word means to flow in large amounts.
What part of speech is "sluiced?"
What is verb?
This word means "an occasion or situation that makes it possible to do something that you want to do or have to do, or the possibility of doing something."
What is opportunity?
Vocab 2: This word means "something that is left out or not included"
What is omission?
The chorus, which may have been made up of two or a dozen voices, ran the scales up and down, wavering in ___________ of sound.
a. cascades
b. zeal
c. remnant
What is cascades?
Vocab 2: This word means "to include something as part of a whole"
What is incorporate?
This word means a mountain with a large, flat top and steep sides, of the type found in the western and southwestern United States.
What part of speech is "mesa?"
What is a noun?
This word means "a musical instrument, like a small flute, that makes a high sound"
What is piccolo?
Vocab 1: This word means "movement from one place to another"
What is locomotion?
David strolled slowly to the top of a small knoll one afternoon, playing a ___________ melody on his harmonica.
a. relevant
b. instinctive
c. wistful
What is wistful?
Vocab 1: This word means "not moving or flowing"
What is stagnant?
This word means a small, low hill with a rounded top.
What part of speech is "knoll?"
What is a noun?
This word means "features belonging to the culture of a particular society, such as traditions, languages, or buildings, which come from the past and are still important"
What is heritage?
Vocab 2: This word means "a group of people organized for a particular purpose, especially in the military"
What is corps?
Those sheep that were following the goats went in without _____________.
a. hesitation
b. zeal
c. sustain
What is hesitation?
Vocab 1: This word means "to send money as payment"
What is remit?
This word means quickly, without delay, or at the arranged time.
What part of speech is "promptly?"
What is an adverb?
This word means food that is salty or spicy and not sweet in taste
What is savory?
Vocab 3: This word means "a sudden large or too large amount, especially one that seems uncontrolled."
What is torrent?
Fill in the blank: "During the day the sun seemed not to __________ its heat, and the nights were cooler."
a. diminish
b. gradual
c. excursion
What is diminish?
Vocab 2: This word means "to slow down or prevent progress"
What is impede?