Vocabulary -Context Clues 1.2

Confiscate: Joanne’s mother came up to the school to get the cell phone the teacher had confiscated.

• using authority to take something

• persuade by use of a deception

• used to move a heavy object

• break into pieces

Obedient: Unlike her older brother Jerome, who stayed out all hours of the night, Kate obediently followed the curfew her parents set.

• does what they are told to do.

• stubbornly refusing to change

• come home on time

• go to sleep

Consume: John was so hungry that he consumed the cranberry muffin and went back for a donut.

• to eat

• throw away

• break into small pieces

• to take using authority

Coax: After the bird escaped, Chris tried to coax it back into the cage with treats.

• gently persuade or talk in to doing

• an outer garment worn outdoors

• feed

• break into small pieces

Peculiar: Since it was a school day, Denise thought it was peculiar that she saw no children on the street during her drive to work.

• strange or odd

• normal

• specific kind or type

• something that is extremely funny

Outcast: If a wolf refuses to help its pack hunt, it becomes an outcast and must go on alone.

• not part of a group

• get rid of or throw away

• break into pieces

• a hip-hop band

Discard: Dad had no need for the broken air conditioner, so he discarded it on the corner by the trash.

• get rid of or throw away

• break into pieces

• a mean note or letter

• something you throw to insult someone

Content: While others eat eggs, pancakes, and bacon for breakfast, Mike was content with a piece of toast and a glass of orange juice.

• satisfied or happy with

• get rid of or throw away

• large area of land

• keeping something within limits

Fortunate: Because he had such good friends and family, Malcolm considered himself fortunate.

• lucky or blessed

• to have lots of money

• eat lots of food

• to tell the future

Observe: The teacher stopped the students after she observed them wrestling.

• to watch or notice

• a kind of newspaper

• an athletic move

• to cheer and celebrate