Vocabulary Building Quiz

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What is the meaning of the word 'wheezy'?

Making a deep, rich sound

Making a breathless whistling sound (correct)

Making a loud, harsh noise

Making a soft, gentle sound

What is the meaning of the word 'buoyancy'?

Ability to float (correct)

Ability to sink

Ability to dive

Ability to swim

What is the meaning of the word 'fretting'?

Quickly deciding

Anxiously worrying (correct)

Happily celebrating

Slowly thinking

What is the meaning of the word 'satsuma'?

A type of tangerine typically grown in Japan Signup and view all the answers

What is the meaning of the word 'inaccurate'?

Not accurate or true; false Signup and view all the answers

What is the meaning of the word 'groggy'?

Unsteady and unable to think clearly Signup and view all the answers

What is the meaning of the word 'stimulated'?

To provoke or cause more excitement, development, or progress Signup and view all the answers

What is the meaning of the word 'whirling'?

Moving in a circle or curve with force or speed Signup and view all the answers

What does the word 'manoeuvre' mean?

An operation or procedure Signup and view all the answers

What does 'dwindled' mean?

Lessened Signup and view all the answers

What is the meaning of 'wispy'?

Thin Signup and view all the answers

What does 'waggled' mean?

Moved from side to side Signup and view all the answers

What does 'catapults' mean?

Throws things or people a long distance Signup and view all the answers

What is the meaning of 'peculiar'?

Strange Signup and view all the answers

What does 'crouched' mean?

Lowered the body stance by bending the legs Signup and view all the answers

What is the meaning of 'glossier'?

Shiny and smooth Signup and view all the answers

What is the meaning of the word 'fulcrum'?

A support on which a lever turns Signup and view all the answers

What is the meaning of the word 'swagger'?

To conduct oneself in a confident or arrogant manner Signup and view all the answers

What is the meaning of the word 'luminescence'?

Low-temperature emission of light Signup and view all the answers

What is the meaning of the word 'mongrel'?

A dog with parents of different breeds Signup and view all the answers

What is the meaning of the word 'budge'?

To move or cause to move Signup and view all the answers

What is the meaning of the word 'replica'?

An exact or very close copy of something Signup and view all the answers

What is the meaning of the word 'stray'?

A domestic animal that is wandering at large or is lost Signup and view all the answers

What is the meaning of the word 'meteors'?

Pieces of rocks or metal that burn and glow brightly in the sky as they fall from outer space into the Earth’s atmosphere Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Vocabulary Lists

Satsuma: a type of tangerine typically grown in Japan
Stake out: to keep under surveillance
Flask: a container or bottle
Swig: a large mouthful of a drink swallowed at once
Wheezy: making a breathless whistling sound
Croak: a deep throaty sound
Innovative: original and creative
Inflatable: capable of being filled with air like a balloon
Snugly: comfortably, cozily
Jetting: flying
Wilted: became weak or limp
Fretting: anxiously worrying
Hostile: aggressive and unwelcoming
Shielding: covering or protecting
Twitching: making short and sudden movements
Buoyancy: the ability to float
Thick: unable to understand easily
Bargain: a deal

IGCSE Workbook

Inaccurate: not accurate or true; false
Groggy: unsteady and unable to think clearly
Emerging: become apparent, noticeable, or established
Sensible: reasonable or practical
Jeopardises: to put or place at risk
Prospects: the possibility or likelihood of success in the future
Adolescents: teenagers
Deprived: suffering a severe and damaging lack of a basic need
Fatal: deadly
Narcolepsy: a medical condition that makes you fall asleep suddenly
Nod off: to fall asleep
Stimulated: to provoke or cause more excitement, development, or progress

Cosmic

Dome: a mansion or grand building with a rounded top
Whirling: moving in a circle or curve with force or speed
Spindle: a long, thin rod which turns around something or around which something turns
Centrifuge: a machine used for separating substances of different densities, removing moisture, or simulating gravitational effects
Budge: move
Hissing: making a sharp sibilant sound as of the letter s
Swagger: conduct oneself in a confident or arrogant manner
Plonked: dropped heavily and suddenly
Fulcrum: support on which a lever turns
Propelling: pushing or causing to move usually forward or onward
Simulator: device that enables the operator to reproduce or represent under test conditions phenomena likely to occur in actual performance
Replica: an exact or very close copy of something
Itch: have or produce an unpleasant feeling that makes one want to scratch
Bungalow: a one-storied house with a low-pitched roof
Daft: strange, often in a way that is funny or absurd
Mongrel: a dog with parents of different breeds
Stray: a domestic animal that is wandering at large or is lost
Flinch: move suddenly because you are afraid of being hit or hurt
Butty: a sandwich

Cosmic (pages 236-276)

Fuss: needless bustle or excitement
Dollops: lumps of something soft or mushy
Luminescence: low-temperature emission of light
Meteors: pieces of rocks or metal that burn and glow brightly in the sky as they fall from outer space into the Earth’s atmosphere
Grinning: smiling widely
Mage: magician
Fiddled: fidgeted nervously with something
Quarters: living spaces
Clanging: having a loud noise

Cosmic (pages 1-40)

Manoeuvre: operation or procedure
Orbit: a path in space curved around a star, planet, or moon
Wrecking: destroying
Dozed off: went to sleep
Levitate: float in the air
Tangled: tied together in a messy way
Wispy: thin
Fasten: close in a safe way; secure
Catapults: throws things or people across a long distance
Blatantly: in a deliberate and unashamed way
Rocketing: moving speedily
Crisper: sharper
Profound: serious and meaningful
Dwindled: lessened
Plug: fill in; block
Exerted: applied a force
Remote: isolated
Premature: sooner than expected
Slashed: violently cut
Mutation: transformation
Stubbly: having short, stiff hairs on the face
Waggled: moved from side to side
Peculiar: strange
Disruptive: disturbing
Bidding: commands or requests
Glossier: shinier and smoother
Nabbed: grabbed quickly

Cosmic (pages 41-81)

Sleek: smooth or shiny
Bonnet: the front hood of a car
Crouched: lowered the body stance by bending the legs
Wailed: shouted with emotion
Persuaded: convinced
Unwind: relieve stress, relax
Excursion: a short trip
Escorting: accompanying as supervisor
Supposedly: assumed to be in a certain way
Coaxing: convincing someone gently to do something

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