The Spider King - Vocabulary Quiz

The thief ______ the wires on the alarm system before he broke into the museum.

• severed

• preserved

• soared

• intercepted

I wonder if people who live in a ______ climate ever get tired of the hot weather?

• gorge

• occasional

• jubilant

• tropical

My dad does an annoying ______ dance whenever he beats me at basketball.

• tropical

• jubilation

• talons

• illuminated

The cowboy marveled at the high cliffs as he passed through the ______.

• talons

• intercept

• gorge

• tropical

One way to ______ fruit is to dry it out; it lasts much longer that way.

• illuminate

• sever

• preserve

• intercept

Which of the following is an example of the word intercept?

• a teacher taking a note away before you can pass it to your friend

• student jumping for joy when he learns he passed a class

• a hungry person stuffing his mouth full of food

• a technician connecting electrical wires

Talons would be good for

• swinging on vines

• grasping to tree limbs

• playing the trumpet

• swimming

Which would illuminate a room?

• a fan

• a paintbrush

• a lamp

• a mop

What would be most likely to soar?

• a jump rope

• a kite

• a school

• a puppy

An example of an important occasion is

• the Empire State Building

• science

• President John F. Kennedy

• high school graduation