Name_____________
Date______________
Vocabulary Study Guide-The Pinballs
1. Stabilize-under control, will not change
Synonyms-balance, equal, fix
Sentence-Frank wanted things to stabilize at his own home so he could
leave the orphanage.
2. Suspicious-When someone looks questionable, as though they were going
to do something bad or wrong
Synonyms-questionable, guilty
Sentence-She gave him a suspicious look because he was carrying a big bag
of money.
3. Forge/forgery-To copy or steal written work or a signature from someone.
Synonyms-copy, fake, falsify
Sentence-The criminal forged all the signatures on the checks.
4. Limb-A large branch of a tree OR an arm or leg of a person.
Synonyms-appendage, extremity, branch, arm, leg
Sentence-Kids often break a limb while playing sports. The limb of a tree
feel on my car.
5. Basin-A bowl used for washing.
Synonym-bowl, sink, pan
Sentence-Put your smelly, crusty plate from dinner in the soapy basin.
6. Fetch-To catch or get something and go back and forth
Synonyms- collect, bring, get back, retrieve
Sentence- Dogs love to fetch sticks outside. I asked my little brother to
fetch my socks from my drawer.
7. Gnarled-Full of knots or twisted such as an old tree branch
Synonyms-knotty, lumpy, twisted
Sentence- The tree was so old and gnarled.
8. Juvenile-A young person, not fully grown or developed
Synonyms-young, teenager, adolescent
Sentence-Our local convenience store does not want juveniles to hang
around their store after 9PM.
9. Fluttered- To wave or flap rapidly with an irregular motion or aimless
direction
Synonym-flap, dance, fall back and forth lightly
Sentence- The bird fluttered off of the limb.
10.Summoned-Urgently call on someone to go to them
Synonym-send for, call for, command for them to come
Sentence-Mr. Piselli summoned me to his office.
Word Bank
Stabilize
Suspicious
Forge
Limb
Basin
Fetch
Gnarled
Juvenile
Fluttered
Summoned
Sample Questions
1. What is a synonym for summoned?
Order
Gnarled
2. What is a synonym for fetching?
To shake
To go and bring something back
3. Let’s not walk down along the river at night anymore. The last time
we did, we saw scary, creepy, ______________-looking men there!
Juvenile
Suspicious
4. It seems as though my mom never actually sits down to eat her own
meal. She is always getting up to _____________ something from the
pan for one of us.
Fluttered
Fetch
5. What do you mean you are going to sign your father’s name on that
check? Don’t ____________ his signature!
Stabilize
Forge