Vocabulary Quiz for The Three Wishes, Rupunzel, The Little Mermaid, and
Paul Bunyan
| _________ agreed | 1. snuggled, nestled, caressed, cuddled |
| _________ spare | 2. settlers, the first people in a place, one who opens up new areas, forefathers |
| _________ tramped | 3. briers, prickly shrubs, thorns, thistles |
| _________ plopped | 4. frying pan, flat cooking pan, skillet, stove top cooking surface |
| _________ tugged | 5. closed around, enclosed, encircled, contained |
| _________ stared | 6. very big, large, gigantic, tremendous |
| _________ stumbled | 7. royal residence, manor, stronghold, castle |
| _________ glow | 8. terrified, alarmed, worried, scared |
| _________ brambles | 9. watched, fixed your eyes on, stared, looked at for a while |
| _________ surround | 10. settled, decided, determined, resolved |
| _________ frightened | 11. shake, shudder, quiver, shiver |
| _________ wise | 12. sparkle, rosiness, shine, glimmer |
| _________ fond | 13. release, save, let go, free |
| _________ pale | 14. grief, sadness, heartbreak, heavy-hearted |
| _________ palace | 15. dropped nosily, thudded, plunked |
| _________ gazed | 16. warm up, melt, unfreeze, defrost |
| _________ sorrow | 17. walked about, hiked, marched |
| _________ rescue | 18. trip, fall, topple, lurch |
| _________ tremble | 19. uncivilized, wild, in their natural habitat, beastlike |
| _________ untamed | 20. save, reserve, do not kill |
| _________ frightful | 25. light, without much color, colorless, whitish |
| _________ thaw | 26. treasured, important, loved, special |
| _________ pioneers | 27. ghastly, horrible, hideous, terrible |
| _________ nuzzled | 28. sharp, smart, intelligent, clever |
| _________ enormous | 29. look, see, gaze, without blinking |
| _________ precious | 30. caring, affectionate, loving, crazy about |
| _________ griddle | 31. yanked, jerked |
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agreed settled, decided,
determined, resolved
spare save, reserve, do
not kill
tramped walked about,
hiked, marched
plopped dropped nosily,
thudded, plunked
tugged yanked, jerked
stared look, see, gaze,
without blinking
stumbled trip, fall,
topple, lurch
glow sparkle, rosiness,
shine, glimmer
brambles briers, prickly
shrubs, thorns, thistles
surround closed around,
enclosed, encircled, contained
frightened terrified,
alarmed, worried, scared
wise sharp, smart,
intelligent, clever
fond caring,
affectionate, loving, crazy about
pale light, without much
color, colorless, whitish
palace royal residence,
manor, stronghold, castle
gazed watched, fixed
your eyes on, stared, looked at for a while
sorrow grief, sadness,
heartbreak, heavy-hearted
rescue release, save,
let go, free
tremble shake, shudder,
quiver, shiver
untamed uncivilized,
wild, in their natural habitat, beastlike
frightful ghastly,
horrible, hideous, terrible
thaw warm up, melt,
unfreeze, defrost
pioneers settlers, the
first people in a place, one who opens up new areas, forefathers
nuzzled snuggled,
nestled, caressed, cuddled
enormous very big,
large, gigantic, tremendous
precious treasured,
important, loved, special
griddle frying pan, flat
cooking pan, skillet, stove top cooking surface