Vocabulary Quiz: Barb

A point or pointed part projecting backward from a main point, as of a fishhook or arrowhead.

A type of bird commonly found in urban areas.

A sharp increase in elevation.

A tool used for cutting plastic.

Point

Praise

Prong

Needle

To make a sharp or critical statement.

To remove the barbs from an object.

To furnish with a barb or barbs.

To catch fish using a barbed tool.

Compliment

Applause

Tine

Commendation

As a compliment to someone's appearance.

As a description of a part of a sea animal injured by plastic.

As a tool for cutting plastic.

As a term for a type of bird.

To find a personal experience that relates to the word "barb".

To connect two pieces of plastic.

To join two points together.

To create a new type of barb.

Drain

Uncut

Filter

Recede

Strain

Uncover

Recede

Uncut

Because it was too expensive.

Because the coffee drip seemed more convenient after the 70s.

Because percolators were not available anymore.

Because it made the coffee taste worse.

To become active, lively, or spirited.

To show activity, movement, or life; grow or spread gradually; germinate.

To cause a liquid to pass through a porous body; filter.

To pass through a porous substance.