Vocabulary Quiz Solutions for The Adventures of Pinocchio

I. Give the definition for the following vocabulary words:

sermon : a speech or discourse

calumny : false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation

carpenter : a worker who makes, finishes, and repairs wooden structures

woe : deep distress or misery; regret

II. Correctly spell the vocabulary words defined below:

wild uproar or noise - pandemonium

thoughtless or unmindful - heedless

smooth or clean feathers with the beak or bill - preen

try to persuade by flattery or guile - wheedle

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

torment : ... by the wish to see his father, he raced like a greyhound.

nonsense : Boys who stop studying in order to give all their time to ... and pleasure sooner or later come to grief.

expensive : It was not an ... piece of wood.