Vocabulary Quiz Solutions for The Rover Boys in Southern Waters

I. Give the definition for the following vocabulary words:

coward : a person who is excessively frightened

anxiety : state of being uneasy or worried

plod : to move or walk heavily or laboriously

virtue : moral quality that is meritorious; specific feature that is excellent

charitable : kind and generous to those in need

perceive : to become aware of directly through any of the senses, especially sight or hearing

repent : feel regret about an error or sin and therefore resolve to change one's ways

II. Correctly spell the vocabulary words defined below:

plentiful; more than sufficient - abundant

to keep from being seen, found, or observed - conceal

eat up voraciously; consume; destroy - devour

something destructive or fatal - poison

sudden raid; passage or stairway downward - descent

competitor - rival - n.

the sediment in a liquid - dregs

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

trellis : As luck would have it, the grapes were fastened upon a tall ..., just too high for Reynard the Fox to reach.

capacity : A Fox agreed to wait upon a Lion in the ... of a servant.

cloak : The Moon once asked her Mother to make her a little ... that would fit her well.

chastisement : Had you been contented with what nature made you, you would have escaped the ... of your betters and also the contempt of your equals.

brim : He raised the water to the ... of the Pitcher.

courage : Men ought not only to behold the beauty and fairness of the body, but also the goodness and the ....

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