"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" Vocabulary

I offered to help a woman laden with shopping bags. What does laden mean?

What is an antonym for rickety?

A ship _____ with cargo entered the dock.

What is a noun?

He sat in his room all day, _______ over his mistake.

Mitchell, a skinny, _______ sophomore, was not able to play many sports.

I scrambled through a thicket of blackberry bushes. What is a synonym for thicket?

What is a verb?

The balloon was tethered to the ground with cables. What part of speech is tethered (as used in this sentence)?

What is a synonym for gangly?

We carefully climbed the rickety flight of stairs. What part of speech is rickety?

When do we take our vocabulary learning check?

He was tall and gangly, while she was peppy and chatty. Pick the definition for gangly.

What is an adjective?

She was in a mood for brooding on the past. Pick the synonym for brooding.