Vocabulary Lesson 22

Follow

the clues

to discover the

vocabulary

words.

I start with q and am charmingly old fashioned.

q (adj.)uaintI refer to ideas too.

I also start with q, but I canput out a

fire,or I can satisfy a thirstor desire such as for knowledge.

q (v.)uench

I start with u and with me there is no time to waste. It needs to be done ASAP!u (adj.)

rgent

I start with b and can be a noun or a verb.

I don’t let anyone or

anything get past me.

b lockade

I start with n.I do not take sides.

I match everything.I keep engines idling.

n (adj., n.)eutral

I start with c ; I’m what someone in authority or with power may do with another’s possessions.

such as these decorations

on the birthday

cupcakes of a nine year old at a Michigan

school.

c (v.)

onfiscate

I start with g and produce things like

energyand ideas.

g (v.)enerate

I start with i and I cannot be erased,on my heart,or in

my memory.

whether written in ink,

i (n.)ndelible

I start with o.I am not clear (adj.),

make things unclear (v.),

or am not well known (adj.).

o bscure

I start with p and am an alloy of tin and

other metals. I am used to make things like plates and pitchers.ewter

p (n.)

E 11. quaint H 12. quench (three meanings)G 13. urgent J 14. blockade (n., v., and two meanings)C 15. neutral (four meanings)I 16. confiscateB 17. generateA 18. indelibleD 19. obscure (adj., v., and three meanings)F 20. pewter