Context Clues Practice

Front

verbatim

Back

word for word

Front

lethargic

Back

lack of energy

Front

dispel

Back

force to go away

Front

Thwart: I just can’t beat Paula when we play chess! Every time I make a move that should lead me to victory, she makes a better move that thwarts my plan.

Back

stop a crime from happening

Front

Ingress: The owner of the restaurant wouldn’t allow Samantha to walk through the door. “I’m sorry,” she said, “but you started a food fight the last time you were here. You may not have ingress to my restaurant!”

Back

the right to enter

Front

The signal from the cable is too strong for our television. We’ll have to use a filter to attenuate it.

When you attenuate something, you _______________.

Back

make it be less

Front

linchpin

Back

part that everything else depends on

Front

fortify Example: I looked at the plans for your new house. This is earthquake country. You need to fortify the frame or you’ll have a disaster with the first tremor.

Back

strengthen

Front

protrudes

Back

sticks out

Front

infallible; Jeremy is not infallible; he makes many errors.

Back

always right