Name That Word! (Read a scenario and choose the correct vocabulary word.)
A scientist measures the depth of a lake using a rope marked every six feet.
Which word describes each six-foot section?
A) probe
B) ballast
C) fathom
D) ultimate
C) fathom
A raccoon climbs awkwardly up the side of a trash can.
Which word describes this?
A) submerge
B) clamber
C) realize
D) probe
B) clamber
A shape that is perfectly round in every direction.
A) submerge
B) eerie
C) sphere
D) clamber
C) sphere
*DAILY DOUBLE*
The dolphin dove beneath the surface and began to _______.
A) rupture
B) submerge
C) clamber
D) probe
B) submerge
Which word does NOT relate to water?
A) buoyant
B) fathom
C) submerge
D) tedium
D) tedium
A hot-air balloon begins sinking too low, so the pilot throws something heavy overboard to lighten the load.
What did the pilot throw off?
A) a rupture
B) tedium
C) a sphere
D) ballast
D) ballast
A diver goes completely underwater.
Which word describes what they do?
A) rupture
B) detach
C) submerge
D) fathom
C) submerge
A relationship that completely breaks apart.
A) buoyancy
B) rupture
C) pique
D) tedium
B) rupture
*DAILY DOUBLE*
The magician’s trick was so confusing that the audience couldn’t _______ how he did it.
A) fathom
B) pique
C) realize
D) detach
A) fathom
Which word does NOT involve breaking or separating?
A) rupture
B) detach
C) clamber
D) submerge
C) clamber
DAILY DOUBLE
You hear a strange whistle in an empty hallway late at night that makes you feel uneasy.
Which word fits the feeling?
A) eerie
B) buoyant
C) detached
D) clamber
A) eerie
A doctor uses a long tool to examine inside a wound.
What is the tool called?
A) probe (noun)
B) ballast
C) sphere
D) ultimate
A) probe
*DAILY DOUBLE*
A feeling of boredom when something goes on too long.
A) tedium
B) probe
C) ultimate
D) ballast
A) tedium
The strange glow in the forest looked _______ in the fog.
A) buoyant
B) eerie
C) spherical
D) ultimate
B) eerie
Which word has NOTHING to do with feelings or mood?
A) piqued
B) buoyant
C) eerie
D) sphere
D) sphere
A builder constructs a garage that is not connected to the house at all.
The garage is…
A) submerged
B) detached
C) ruptured
D) spherical
B) detached
You suddenly understand how to solve a math problem you’ve struggled with.
You…
A) rupture it
B) realize it
C) submerge it
D) pique it
B) realize it
Something that cannot be harmed even in rough conditions.
A) buoyant
B) spherical
C) ultimate
D) unscathed
D) unscathed
Throwing off extra _______ allowed the balloon to rise again.
A) tedium
B) ballast
C) rupture
D) sphere
B) ballast
*DAILY DOUBLE*
Which word does NOT relate to understanding or thinking?
A) realize
B) fathom
C) probe
D) clamber
D) clamber
A student feels cheerful and carefree on the last day of school.
They are feeling…
A) buoyant
B) tedious
C) ruptured
D) piqued
A) buoyant
A pipe bursts after freezing temperatures. It didn’t crack gently — it…
A) probed
B) buoyed
C) detached
D) ruptured
D) ruptured
The greatest, best, or final version of something.
A) ultimate
B) detached
C) piqued
D) fathom
A) ultimate
The teacher’s comment _______ my curiosity about the upcoming project.
A) buoyed
B) piqued
C) probed
D) ruptured
B) piqued
Three of these words can describe something that changes its state or condition. Which one does not fit?
A) submerge
B) rupture
C) detach
D) sphere
D) sphere