Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH CH.7-12

Question 1

an upward movement of air

Answer 1

updraft

Question 2

not having knowledge or education

Answer 2

ignorance

Question 3

moving downwards

Answer 3

descent

Question 4

relating to early times

Answer 4

primeval

Question 5

to extend out

Answer 5

jutted out

Question 6

reacting from natural feeling

Answer 6

instinctively

Question 7

wide

Answer 7

broad

Question 8

a tree branch

Answer 8

limb

Question 9

full or loud in sound

Answer 9

sonorous

Question 10

lacking courage

Answer 10

timidly

Question 11

the claw of an animal

Answer 11

talon

Question 12

to be familiar with something through experience

Answer 12

accustomed

Question 13

a deposit of calcium formed on a cave floor

Answer 13

stalagmites

Question 14

to stick out

Answer 14

protruding

Question 15

capable of being done; able to be done

Answer 15

feasible

Question 16

to be sorry

Answer 16

regret

Question 17

deference

Answer 17

respect and esteem given to a superior person

Question 18

to understand or comprehend

Answer 18

concievably

Question 19

a guard

Answer 19

sentry

Question 20

being confused or to lose one’s direction

Answer 20

bewilderment

Question 21

a trunk of a tree

Answer 21

bole

Question 22

to overhear a conversation

Answer 22

eavesdrop

Question 23

a marked territory

Answer 23

domain

Question 24

a change without warning

Answer 24

abruptly

Question 25

sincerely, or deeply felt

Answer 25

cordial

Question 26

to become corrected or improved

Answer 26

mending

Question 27

to postpone until another time

Answer 27

adjourned

Question 28

dim

Answer 28

faint

Question 29

to recognize or understand

Answer 29

discern

Question 30

a narrow passageway

Answer 30

corridor

Question 31

to change direction downwards

Answer 31

incline

Question 32

to set into surface or ground

Answer 32

inlaid

Question 33

to spread abroad or around from a center

Answer 33

radiate

Question 34

unusual

Answer 34

rarity

Question 35

smell of dampness or decay

Answer 35

musty

Question 36

hard effort

Answer 36

laboriously

Question 37

unoccupied; to quit one’s work

Answer 37

deserted

Question 38

fully expressed; clear

Answer 38

explicit

Question 39

to look closely; be nosy

Answer 39

pry

Question 40

not important

Answer 40

irrelevantly