knoll
A small round hill.
knoll in a sentence
- From the grassy knoll, they could see the whole village spread out below.
- We rolled our Easter eggs down the little round knoll and chased them to the bottom.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to knoll?
- Adip
- Bvalley
- Chollow
- Dhill
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D: hill. The other three mean the opposite of knoll.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to knoll?
- Ahump
- Bhollow
- Chill
- Dmound
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B: hollow. The other three mean nearly the same as knoll.
Words that mean something similar
hill, mound, hump
Words that mean the opposite
hollow, dip, valley
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- outskirts: The outer edges of a town or city, far from the centre.
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