Vocabulary Workshop 1

Which word is the best context clue for the meaning of the word 'appalling?'

• encounter
• spread
• horrifying
• thousands

Which phrase is the best context clue for the meaning of the word 'contagious?'

• spread from person to person
• the Native Americans
• the continent

Which pharase gives the best context clue for the word 'eminent?'

• effect of these diseases
• anthropologist commented
• many people agree
• outstanding scholar

A clue to the definition of the word 'epidemic' is shown by telling of examples of an epidemic. Which disease caused the epidemic that is used as an example?

• chickenpox
• smallpox
• polio
• rubella

What word (or words) is the context clue for 'intentional?'

• grief
• attacks
• suspect
• on purpose

Which words are an EXAMPLE context clue for the word 'myriad?'

• that faced Native Americans
• smallpox, cholera, scarlet fever, and measles.
• Because medicine men
• people began to lose faith

Which word is a synonym context clue for the word, 'picturesque?'

• customs
• merely
• charming
• lifeblood

Which phrase is a definition of the word 'probable?'

• Without modern medicine's vaccinations,
• that weakened
• very likely
• still threaten

What is the ANTONYM, or opposite, context clue for the word 'romantic?'

• picture
• perfect
• reality
• savage

What is the synonym context clue for the word 'ruthless?'

• diseases
• merciless
• conquerors
• New World