Vocabulary Quiz Solutions for Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates

I. Give the definition for the following vocabulary words:

inertia : the tendency of a body at rest to remain at rest or of a body in motion to remain in motion unless acted on by an outside force

regulation : a principle, rule, or law designed to control or govern conduct

relic : remaining fragment; surviving part; ruin

scald : cause a burning sensation; scathe

pirouette : a turn of the body on the point of the toe or the ball of the foot

vertigo : a state of dizziness; a confused, disoriented state of mind

trudge : to walk in a laborious, heavy-footed way

squall - 1 : to scream or cry loudly and harshly

hinge : a jointed or flexible device that allows the turning or pivoting of a part, such as a door, on a stationary frame

staid : characterized by sedate dignity

II. Correctly spell the vocabulary words defined below:

an exposition on a given subject delivered before an audience of a class - lecture - 2

to make or become ragged - tatter

the brick, stone, or cement floor of a fireplace, usually extending into a room - hearth

located directly across from something; contrary to or radically different from - opposite

a sudden sharp physical pain - twinge

a shabbily clothed, dirty child - ragamuffin

a forced or punitive delay - detention

to begin to grow; to emerge and develop rapidly - sprout

expressing sorrow; mournful or melancholy - plaintive

developed to the utmost and not exceeded by any other in degree, quality, or intensity - supreme

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

translate : The doctor went off into a queer jumble of Latin and Dutch which I cannot conveniently ....

retribution : Ben had read of Holland's struggles and wrongs, and of the terrible ... she from time to time dealt forth.

victim : In Haarlem he had wondered that the air did not still resound with the cries of the evil duke's three thousand ....

fanciful : Not a footprint marred the sanded paths, where pebbles and sea-shells lay in ... designs.

embankment : Huge straw mats were pressed against the ..., fortified with clay and heavy stone.

pompous : Often the swiftest skaters were seen to dodge from under the very nose of some ... law-giver or doctor, who was skating leisurely toward the town.

canal : Nothing could be straighter than the ... upon which our party were skating.

uninhabitable : If these important duties were neglected, the country would be ....

forsake : Our captain, whose good-nature had not yet ... him for a moment, grew indignant.

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