Tom Swift and His Motor Boat

Question 1

adjustment

Answer 1

a modification, fluctuation, or correction

Question 2

aeronaut

Answer 2

a pilot of a lighter-than-air craft, such as a balloon

Question 3

auction

Answer 3

a public sale in which property of goods are sold to the highest bidder

Question 4

casual

Answer 4

occurring by chance

Question 5

cockpit

Answer 5

the area from which a vessel is steered

Question 6

compass

Answer 6

a device used to determine geographic direction

Question 7

comfident

Answer 7

marked by a strong, fearless,a in bold belief in oneself and one’s capabilities

Question 8

conservative

Answer 8

moderate; cautious; keeping within bounds

Question 9

contraption

Answer 9

a mechanical device

Question 10

craft

Answer 10

boat, ship, or airplane

Question 11

crony

Answer 11

a long-time close friend or companion

Question 12

frantic

Answer 12

highly excited with strong emotion or frustration; frenzied

Question 13

gyroscope

Answer 13

a device consisting of a spinning disk or wheel mounted on a base so that its axis can turn freely in one or more directions and thereby maintain its orientation regardless of any movement of the base

Question 14

humiliate

Answer 14

to lower the pride, dignity, or self-respect of

Question 15

implicate

Answer 15

to involve; to bring into connection with

Question 16

incident

Answer 16

an occurrence or event that interrupts normal procedure or precipitates a crisis

Question 17

overhaul

Answer 17

to dismantle in order to make reparis

Question 18

parachute

Answer 18

an apparatus used to retard free fall from an aircraft, consisting of a hemispherical canopy attached to a harness

Question 19

peer - v.

Answer 19

look closely and searchingly

Question 20

petulant

Answer 20

unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered

Question 21

physician

Answer 21

a person who practices medicine

Question 22

process

Answer 22

the series of actions, operations, or motions involved in the accomplishment of an end

Question 23

propeller

Answer 23

a machine for moving an aircraft or a boat forward, consisting of a power-driven shaft with radiation blades placed so as to thrust air or water in a desired direction when spinning

Question 24

sanitarium

Answer 24

an institution for the treatment of chronic diseases of for medically supervised recuperation

Question 25

spurt

Answer 25

to gush forth suddenly, in a stream or jet

Question 26

systematic

Answer 26

carried on using step-by-step procedures; purposefully regular

Question 27

tachometer

Answer 27

device that indicates the revolutions per minute of a revolving shaft

Question 28

temporary

Answer 28

lasting, continuing, or serving for a limited time

Question 29

throttle

Answer 29

to regulate the speed of an engine

Question 30

tourniquet

Answer 30

a device, typically a tightly encircling bandage, used to check bleeding by temporarily stopping the flow of blood through a limb

Question 31

tow

Answer 31

the act of pulling behind with a rope or chain

Question 32

turbine

Answer 32

an engine or motor driven by the pressure of steam, water, or air against the curved vanes of a wheel or set of wheels

Question 33

ugly

Answer 33

unpleasing to the sight

Question 34

unexpected

Answer 34

coming without warning