Vocabulary Quiz Solutions for McGuffey's Second Reader

I. Give the definition for the following vocabulary words:

wrest : to take forcefully

zeal : devotion to a cause

wound : injury, especially one in which the skin is cut

yield : surrender or give up

feint : a pretended attack

dread : terror; fear

grave - n. : dignified and somber in conduct or character

II. Correctly spell the vocabulary words defined below:

to take back or away - withdraw

a level area of land - plain - n.

nothing - naught

proud - vain - 1

to give a solemn promise - pledge

an enemy - foe

a rough, noisy fight - brawl

to mock or insult - taunt

III. Use the following vocabulary words in a complete sentence:

knoll : The house stood on a ....

rage : Washington, in a burst of ..., bade the man go back to his chief at once.

truce : A bit of white cloth waved in the air as a flag of ....

coax : Let no one ... you to sin.

vex : Washington was ..., for he was quite sure it was not true.

strife : For a year or two more the ... was kept up on the coast.

drill : Our troops had had no chance to ....