Vocabulary Test

a.  poncho  b.  radio operator  c.  emergency d.  panic
 e.  rail f.  furious furiously g.  yelp h.  hymn 
i.  shudder j.  perish k.  compartment l.  pioneer
m.  billow n.  sod o.  modestly p.  hover
q.  heed r.  funnel s.  barreling t.  destruction
u.  territories v.  crept w. cobblestone x.  rubble
y.  pavilion  z.  sympathetically aa.  firestorm  bb.  messenger
cc.  courage      

 

1.  ________________________ A blanketlike cloak having a hole in the center for the head; cloak, cape, wrap
2.  ________________________ Having or showing a moderate estimation of one's own talents, abilities, and value; humbly, discretely
3.  ________________________ A sudden, overpowering terror, often affecting many people at once, fright, terror, fear
4.  ________________________ to go timidly or cautiously so as to escape notice
5.  ________________________ A serious situation or occurrence that happens unexpectedly and demands immediate action, crisis, disaster
6.  ________________________ a large usually stationary fire characterized by very high temperatures in which the central column of rising heated air induces strong inward winds which supply oxygen to the fire
7.  ________________________ One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow
8.  ________________________ broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building
9.  ________________________ The ground, especially when covered with grass
10. ________________________ To utter a short, sharp bark or cry, yap
11. ________________________ mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty:  firmness of mind and will in the face of danger or extreme difficulty
12. ________________________ a part of a building projecting from the rest : one of several detached or semidetached units into which a building is sometimes divided
13. ________________________ A song of praise or joy
14. ________________________ given to, marked by, or arising from sympathy, compassion, friendliness, and sensitivity to others' emotions
15. ________________________ One who operates a machine or device, worker, machinist
16. ________________________ To pay attention to; listen to and consider, notice, take note of, regard
17. ________________________ Full of or characterized by extreme anger; raging OR energetically, feverishly, frantically, desperately, at high speed
18. ________________________ a conical shape with a wider and a narrower opening at the two ends, cone
19. ________________________ To die or be destroyed, especially in a violent or untimely manner
20. ________________________ one who bears a message or does an errand
21. ________________________ A bar extending horizontally between supports, as in a fence; banister
22. ________________________ a naturally rounded stone larger than a pebble and smaller than a boulder; especially : such a stone used in paving a street or in construction
23. ________________________ To remain or linger in or near a place, linger, hang around
24. ________________________ To move at a high speed or rate of progress
25. ________________________ screened-off area, section, cubicle, booth, stall, partition
27. ________________________ To shiver convulsively, as from fear or revulsion; to vibrate; quiver; shake; tremble; quake
28. ________________________ A subdivision of the United States that is not a state and is administered by an appointed or elected governor and elected legislature.
29. ________________________ To ruin completely; spoil; to tear down or break up; demolish, ruin, damage
30. ________________________ 1.  A great swell or surge, cloud, swirl, puff     2.  To swell out or bulge