Vocabulary Practice

Most deserts have hot, dry ______.

B. climate

D. lumbering

A. swallows

C. eerie

climate – noun – the average weather conditions of a place or region through the year

We heard an owl’s ____ hooting as we walked home in the dark.

D. eerieC. climate

A. silken B. swallows

eerie – adjective – strange in a scary way

Put a ________ hippo in the water and it becomes a graceful swimmer.

B. eerie

D. lurkC. lumbering

A. climate

lumbering – adjective – moving in a slow, clumsy way

Many animals _____ in their dens to escape the heat of the day.

B. lumbering

D. shimmerC. lurk

A. eerie

lurk – verb – to lie hidden

Antonio wrote a poem about the girl’s long _____ hair.

B. lurk

D. silkenC. shimmer

A. lumbering

silken – adjective – like silk in appearance

Kathy’s sore throat hurts every time she ______.

B. swallows

D. climateC. silken

A. shimmer

swallows – verb – causes food or other substances to pass from the mouth to the stomach

The walls of the canyon began to ______ in the rays of the setting sun.

C. shimmer

D. swallowsC. silken

A. lurk

Shimmer – verb – to shine with a faint, wavering light; glimmer

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