Vocabulary Quiz Solutions for Five Little Peppers and How They Grew

I. Give the definition for the following vocabulary words:

elation : the quality or state of being very happy

vindictive : spiteful; disposed to seek revenge

impel : urge into action

beatific : showing exalted joy

venom : malice; spite

protrude : push or thrust outward

distinguish : to perceive or recognize clearly

II. Correctly spell the vocabulary words defined below:

cry loudly and plaintively - wail

organized to provide humanitarian assistance - philanthropic

difficult or impossible to understand - unintelligible

physically or emotionally incapacitated; overcome - prostrate - v.

unwilling or disinclined - reluctant

a deplorable state of distress, misfortune, or woe - wretchedness

a diverse or eclectic group - menagerie

to make clean, bright, and fresh again; renovate - refurbish

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

subdue : The old gentleman fumed and fretted in a ... fashion.

prowess : Joel finding no enthusiasm for tales of his fighting ..., ran off to interview Dick.

rapture : She clasped her hands in silent ...

riotous : She could scarcely restrain herself from jumping out for a ... run.

ominous : Polly, in her fear, sat down in the middle of the stairs with her candle shaking ....

atone : Things did not seem quite so bad if she only might do something for the poor sick woman that could ... for the wretched work she had done.

stubby : Phronsie softly laid her cool little palm on Joel's ... hair.

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