Vocabulary Quiz Solutions for Tom Swift and His Airship

I. Give the definition for the following vocabulary words:

oblique -1 : evasive; devious; misleading

admonish : reprove gently; caution or warn

exert : to put forth strenuous effort

expeditious : quick and efficient

complacent : contented; unconcerned

gratification : the state of being pleased or satisfied

II. Correctly spell the vocabulary words defined below:

make insistent demands or complaints - clamor - v.

easily managed or controlled - tractable

failing to give or incapable of giving clear or effective verbal expression to one's ideas or feelings - incoherent

impossible to deter or evade; masterful - imperative

retard or obstruct the progress of - impede

present; confer - bestow

come to an end - cease

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

ebullition : I will not put up with your constant ... of temper.

scrutiny : Phronsie now looked at the face she had before overlooked, with a deliberate ....

quixotic : It is wholly ... for me to give myself a thought about you or your future.

endeavor : They began at once to ... to soothe him.

demur : After a little ..., the door was closed and she was left standing alone.

indignant : Her breath came in quick, short gasps, the hot ... blood mounting to the brown waves of hair on her brow.