HMH Module 1 Week 1 Vocabulary Review

The powerful new locomotives brought the trains to their destinations in record time.

What is the meaning of locomotives as it is used in the sentence above?

• engines that make a train go forward.

• moved slowly and noisily.

• a machine that plays recorded music or sound

What is the definition of gadgets?

• a complete failure

• gives off a lot of light

• small, specialized machines or electronic devices

If you get a patent for an invention, no one else is allowed to make or sell it.

What is the definition of patent as it is used in the sentence above?

• a complete failure

• gives off a lot of light

• a legal document

A roll of toilet paper is shaped like a cylinder.

What is the definition of cylinder as it is used in the sentence above?

• engines that make a train move forward

• has circular ends and straight sides

• worked in a rough or uneven way

What is the definition of phonograph?

• moved slowly and noisily.

• worked in a rough or uneven way

• a machine that plays recorded music or sound

The steam trains chugged along the countryside.

What is the definition of the word chugged as it is used in the sentence above?

• moved slowly and noisily

• worked in a rough or uneven way

• has circular ends and straight sides

What is the definition of flop?

• small, specialized machines or electronic devices

• a complete failure

• a legal document

What is the definition of incandescent?

• gives off a lot of light

• has circular ends and straight sides

• small, specialized machines or electronic devices

The child’s remote-controlled car sputtered along before it came to a complete stop.

What is the definition of word sputtered as it is used in the sentence above?

• engines that make a train go forward.

• small, specialized machines or electronic devices.

• worked in a rough or uneven way