Vocabulary Quiz for McGuffey's Fourth Reader

I. Give the definition for the following vocabulary words:

hue

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felonious

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heave

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fawn - n.

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preceptor

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supremacy

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impute

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II. Correctly spell the vocabulary words defined below:

to praise or commend one to another as being worth or desirable

to hold oneself back from doing or indulging in something

a place offering protection and safety; a shelter

one who steals (a small amount or item)

to twist or interweave so as to make separation difficult

a long, flexible snout or trunk

land and the buildings on it

admitting light but diffusing it so that objects beyond cannot be clearly distinguished

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

devout

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evaporation

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caress

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apply

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blunt

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dimension

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infallible

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Vocabulary exercises adapted from Robinson Curriculum, Copyright 1995-2002 Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine

Quizzes copyright 2005 Butch Walker

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