Collection 1 Vocab test

Question 1

sailors

Answer 1

mariners

Question 2

bottom of a wave

Answer 2

Trough

Question 3

the Kitchen area of a boat

Answer 3

Galley

Question 4

Describes something that is helpful

Answer 4

Beneficial

Question 5

Describes something very risky

Answer 5

Extreme

Question 6

Describes an action that has value even though it may at first seem like the wrong thing to do

Answer 6

Justifiable

Question 7

Describes something that is very serious

Answer 7

Severe

Question 8

Solo

Answer 8

Alone

Question 9

Struggling or moving with great difficulty

Answer 9

Floundering

Question 10

Steady or determined

Answer 10

Unwavering

Question 11

Trying too hard to keep something safe

Answer 11

Overprotective

Question 12

a collection of a large number of things

Answer 12

Panoply

Question 13

Making a big fuss over something or someone who doesn’t necessarily deserve it.

Answer 13

Fawning

Question 14

A person who writes for newspapers, magazines, or websites or prepares a report for radio or television

Answer 14

Journalist

Question 15

A radio or television program

Answer 15

Broadcast

Question 16

Someone who is being asked questions by a reporter or writer

Answer 16

Interviewee

Question 17

Sound or visual elements that accompany a news program

Answer 17

media features

Question 18

a maze

Answer 18

labyrinth

Question 19

fell or jumped suddenly from a high place

Answer 19

Plunged

Question 20

clever or very smart

Answer 20

Ingenious

Question 21

To move smoothly

Answer 21

Glide

Question 22

Nervousness or fear of what might occur

Answer 22

Anxiety

Question 23

Something carried

Answer 23

Burden

Question 24

A section of a poem, usually with a Pattern of rhyme, line length

Answer 24

Stanza

Question 25

Words that create a mental image

Answer 25

Imagery

Question 26

words that are close and begin with the same consonant sound

Answer 26

Alliteration

Question 27

words that are close and share an interior or ending consonant

Answer 27

Consonance

Question 28

To have negative feelings towards a person because of his or hers race

Answer 28

Racial Prejudice

Question 29

To give a huge amount of something

Answer 29

Inundate

Question 30

when something is limiting in someway

Answer 30

restrictive

Question 31

An organized presentation or show

Answer 31

exhibition

Question 32

an action taken to avoid possible danger

Answer 32

Precaution