Vocabulary Quiz Solutions for The Pied Piper

I. Give the definition for the following vocabulary words:

glutinous : sticky; glue-like

tuft : bunch of hair, feathers, grass, etc., growing close together

piebald : mottled; spotted

portal : doorway, gate, entrance, especially a large and imposing one

II. Correctly spell the vocabulary words defined below:

covered with spots of various colors or wearing garments like that; piebald - pied

something that corrects or removes something that is wrong, such as a medicine for illness - remedy

small animals with filthy, destructive, or troublesome habits; worthless persons - vermin

person characterized by coarse joking or offensive language - ribald

animal that lives on blood; person who unscrupulously preys on others - vampire

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

perish : And step by step they followed dancing,/ Until they came to the river Weser, / Wherein all plunged and ....

obese : You hope because you're old and .../ To find in the furry civic robe ease?

bereft : I can't forget that I'm .../ Of all the pleasant sights they see,/ Which the piper also promised me.

vat : They ate the cheese out of the ..../ Made nests inside men's Sunday hats.