Vocabulary Using Context Clues

What does the nonsense word "yop" mean from the following sentences:

Arn wrinkled his yop in distaste when he walked by the skunks. He covered his

yop with his hand.

• Forehead

• Shirt

• Nose

• Paper

What does the nonsense word "fipt" mean from the following sentences

Sam opened the ​fipt to look for something to drink and stood there with the door

open. "Close the door!" yelled his mother. "You're letting all of the cold air out! "

• refrigerator

• cabinet

• letter

• freezer

What does the nonsense word "culdot" mean from the following sentences:

The lion paced back and forth in his culdot. "It's a good thing that the culdot keeps

that lion from getting loose!" thought Sam.

• den

• room

• blanket

• cage

What does the nonsense word "nibert" mean from the following sentences

Gam pulled off his nibert and fluffed up his hair. The nibert had flattened it over the

course of the day. Sam hung his nibert on a hook.

• sweatshirt

• hat

• coat

• umbrella

What does the nonsense word "akkem" mean from the following sentences

Sam watched the akkem slither across the driveway. The akkem looked venomous,

so Sam kept his distance.

• worm

• lizard

• snake

• rope

After years of avoiding the dentist and not brushing properly, Samuel's teeth began to decay,

decay means:

• whiten

• grow

• rot

• shine

The strange man runs around the town square singing loudly and waving a toilet plunger in the air. He is nutty as a fruitcake. Here nutty as a fruitcake means:

• good at baking

• incredibly smart

• behaving

• acting crazy

Carol waited behind the curtain until the director gave her a silent cue to dance onto the stage.

cue means:

• signal

• whistle

• ball

• applause

No matter how hard they tried they could not get the obstinate cow into the trailer. It dug in its heels and refused to move. obstinate means:

• over weight

• dairy

• stubborn

• strong

Diane and Boris raced to catch the train, but they missed the last one of the day. "This is quite the predicament," sighed Boris. "How are we going to get home on time?" predicament means:

• problem

• surprise

• marvel

• solution