Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates

Question 1

canal

Answer 1

an artificial waterway used for travel, shipping, or irriagation

Question 2

ditention

Answer 2

a forced or punitive delay

Question 3

embankment

Answer 3

a mound of earth or stone built to hold back water or support a roadway

Question 4

fanciful

Answer 4

showing invention or whimsy in design

Question 5

forsake

Answer 5

to leave altogether

Question 6

hearth

Answer 6

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

Question 7

hinge

Answer 7

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

Question 8

inertia

Answer 8

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

Question 9

lecture

Answer 9

an exposition on a given subject delivered before an audience of a class

Question 10

opposite

Answer 10

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

Question 11

pirouette

Answer 11

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

Question 12

plaintive

Answer 12

expressing sorrow; mournful or melancholy

Question 13

pompous

Answer 13

marked by excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity

Question 14

ragamuffin

Answer 14

a shabbily clothed, dirty child

Question 15

regulation

Answer 15

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

Question 16

relic

Answer 16

remaining fragment; surviving part; ruin

Question 17

retribution

Answer 17

something given or demanded in repayment, especially punishment

Question 18

scald

Answer 18

cause a burning sensation; scathe

Question 19

sprout

Answer 19

to begin to grow; to emerge and develop rapidly

Question 20

squall

Answer 20

to scream or cry loudly and harshly

Question 21

staid

Answer 21

characterized by sedate dignity

Question 22

supreme

Answer 22

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

Question 23

tatter

Answer 23

to make or become ragged

Question 24

translate

Answer 24

to render in another language

Question 25

trudge

Answer 25

to walk in a laborious, heavy-footed way

Question 26

twinge

Answer 26

a sudden sharp physical pain

Question 27

ininhabitable

Answer 27

unable to support residents

Question 28

vertigo

Answer 28

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

Question 29

victim

Answer 29

one who is harmed or killed by another