Vocabulary activity for Chapter 2 of The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary!
Please answer the questions to the best of your abilities by matching the vocabulary words on the right to their definitions on the left. When you have answered all of the questions, click the "Check Answer" button. A box will pop-up with your score. Do not close until your score is printed or reviewed by your teacher.
a blue-white metallic element found naturally only in combination and used especially in alloys and metals
strength or force gained by motion or by a series of events
a white pill, or tablet, used for relief of pain and fever; pain medicine
a state of feeling
talk or opinion widely spread around with no known source
a device (as in a telephone exchange) with a panel on which are mounted electric switches so arranged that a number of circuits may be connected, combined, and controlled
having greater value or desirability; being preferred
to move in or as if in a brisk pace
utter loss of hope
sprightly in manner or appearance; lively
to want greatly; need
marked by lack of proper caution; careless of consequences
