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Dictionary - Quiz
Use a dictionary to answer the quiz.

1) We craned out of the 2) Find a noun that goes with

window to look at the scare to make
mountains. What does a compound noun meaning
“craned” mean? an object to frighten birds.

3) If Mark is on a voyage he’s 4) Syllabicate the word

probably on a “examination”.
or in a .

5) Maria wants to know what’s 6) In fairy tales, a wizard is a

common among rats, mice, man who possesses
squirrels and hamsters. .

7) What is the origin of the 8) The word “Madam” is a

word “octopus”? palindrome. What does
palindrome mean?

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Dictionary - Quiz
Use a dictionary to answer the quiz.

1) We craned out of the 2) Find a noun that goes with

window to look at the scare to make
mountains. What does a compound noun meaning
“craned” mean? an object to frighten birds.

stretched our necks scarecrow

3) If Mark is on a voyage he’s 4) Syllabicate the word

probably on a “examination”.
or in a .

ship, spacecraft ex.am.i.na.tion

5) Maria wants to know what’s 6) In fairy tales, a wizard is a

common among rats, mice, man who possesses
squirrels and hamsters. .

They’re all rodents. magical powers

7) What is the origin of the 8) The word “Madam” is a

word “octopus”? palindrome. What does
palindrome mean?

Greek origin meaning a word that reads the same

eight-footed backward and forward

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