Abra Vocabra List #3 TEST

Once upon a time, two trolls lived together. They had no furniture, dishes, or towels. They ate with their hands, slept on the ground and, all in all, lived a rather __________existence as most people have all those things and are civilized.

• mortal

• barbaric

• sulk

• recoil

The trolls did get along with each other, but they did have some differences. Yolanda had lived a long happy life and began to think that she was ___________. She thought that she would never get hurt or die, no matter what she did.

• sulking

• indigo

• immortal

• mortal

Her parents had always told her, "For a gnome, you are quite pretty." Therefore, all her life, Yolanda had been extremely ____________. She just loved looking in the mirror at her tall, slender self.

• vain

• victory

• compassion

• recoiled

Miranda was more realistic. She knew she was both _____________and ugly, as she knew she couldn't live forever and she wasn't as pretty as Yolanda.

• vain

• immortal

• mortal

• hoodwink

Miranda could also be __________at times, imagining the worst would happen.

• sulking

• pessimistic

• optimistic

• gargantuan

In fact, she was sure that she would meet a _________end if she ever left the house, thinking that it would bring great suffering to her.

• tragic

• recoil

• vain

• tango

Another reason she never left the house was because she was ashamed of her ugly appearance. When she had to look in the mirror to cut her long scraggly hair, she ___________from the sight, as she jumped back and almost hit her head on the corner of sharp corner.

• compassion

• recoiled

• immortal

• recovered

After recoiling from the sight, she __________in the corner of her room for hours, not wanting to see or speak to anyone else, just pouting to herself.

• optimistic

• hoodwink

• tragic

• sulked

At times like this, Yolanda felt ______________(pity) for her and would venture out into the forest to dig up some ginger root, Miranda's favorite treat, which would make her happy.

• carrots

• compassion

• hoodwink

• prompt

One day when Miranda was feeling really down, Yolanda went out to find her favorite treat again. She never came back! After 1 year, Miranda finally went out to look for her. When she found her, Miranda told her that she met Sebastion, who was so _________and happy about life that I realized I couldn't go back home to someone that was so sad and depressed. I was happy!

• pessitimistic

• optimistic

• vain

• gargantuan