Vocabulary Unit Test The Mouse and the Motorcycle

What does "jaunty" mean?

• To crouch or cringe in fear; grovel, tremble

• Having a light manner; lively and confident

• A false, exaggerated, or boastful display of courage

• Very important; deciding the success or failure of something

What does "cowered" mean?

• To crouch or cringe in fear; grovel, tremble

• To allow (someone or something) to go into or be in a place

• A lawn game in which mallets are used to hit wooden balls through wire hoops toward a goal

• Feeling or showing understanding; kind, understanding

What does "exhilarate" mean?

• To make very cheerful; delight

• To allow (someone or something) to go into or be in a place

• A false, exaggerated, or boastful display of courage

• Very important; deciding the success or failure of something

What does "permit" mean?

• To allow (someone or something) to go into or be in a place

• To crouch or cringe in fear; grovel, tremble

• A lawn game in which mallets are used to hit wooden balls through wire hoops toward a goal

• Feeling or showing understanding; kind, understanding

What does "imagination" mean?

• The act or power of the mind to form a thought, picture, or image of something or someone that is not present to the senses

• A false, exaggerated, or boastful display of courage

• Very important; deciding the success or failure of something

• Difficult or dangerous situation with a solution that may be hard to find; fix, jam, crisis, spot, trouble

What does "bravado" mean?

• A false, exaggerated, or boastful display of courage

• To make very cheerful; delight

• Feeling or showing understanding; kind, understanding

• Very important; deciding the success or failure of something

What does "scurry" mean?

• To move quickly with short, rapid steps

• To crouch or cringe in fear; grovel, tremble

• A lawn game in which mallets are used to hit wooden balls through wire hoops toward a goal

• Feeling or showing understanding; kind, understanding

What does "crucial" mean?

• Very important; deciding the success or failure of something

• To make very cheerful; delight

• A false, exaggerated, or boastful display of courage

• Difficult or dangerous situation with a solution that may be hard to find; fix, jam, crisis, spot, trouble

What does "remorseful" mean?

• Marked or caused by deep regret; apologetic, ashamed, guilty

• To make very cheerful; delight

• A false, exaggerated, or boastful display of courage

• Very important; deciding the success or failure of something

What does "perplexed" mean?

• Puzzled, confused, or uncertain; baffled, befuddled

• To allow (someone or something) to go into or be in a place

• A lawn game in which mallets are used to hit wooden balls through wire hoops toward a goal

• Feeling or showing understanding; kind, understanding