Vocabulary • Ch 10 - Frankenstein • Context Clues

The old abandoned dwelling stood silent and empty, a memory of another time.

 

What does the word 'dwelling' mean?

• To gather or collect a lot over time

• Flexible and easily bent or stretched

• A place where someone lives

• Feeling or looking gloomy or sad

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

The meaning of the ancient text is obscure and requires further research.

 

What does the word 'obscure' mean?

• To really, really hate something or someone

• Feeling or looking gloomy or sad

• To gather or collect a lot over time

• Hard to see or understand

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

The hikers began to descend down the steep mountain trail.

 

What does the word 'descend' mean?

• Hard to see or understand

• To go or come down from a higher level

• To gather or collect a lot over time

• To make something possible or allow it to happen

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

All living beings are mortal and eventually face death.

 

What does the word 'mortal' mean?

• Able to be changed or altered

• A living being that eventually dies

• Having too much of something

• Hard to see or understand

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

Despite facing many challenges, she was able to surmount them and achieve her goals.

 

What does the word 'surmount' mean?

• To overcome or conquer a challenge

• Fair and equal for everyone

• A place where someone lives

• The highest point or peak of something

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

The new software update will enable users to access additional features and improve their productivity.

 

What does the word 'enable' mean?

• To make something possible or allow it to happen

• A place where someone lives

• To gather or collect a lot over time

• Flexible and easily bent or stretched

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Despite his pleas for forgiveness, she continued to spurn his advances.

 

What does the word 'spurn' mean?

• Hard to see or understand

• Kindness or forgiveness towards someone in trouble

• To reject or refuse with disdain

• Extremely evil or wicked

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

I detest the smell of fish.

 

What does the word 'detest' mean?

• Extremely evil or wicked

• To come together in a group

• To really, really hate something or someone

• Having too much of something

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

She managed to accumulate a substantial amount of money over the years.

 

What does the word 'accumulate' mean?

• Feeling or looking gloomy or sad

• To gather or collect a lot over time

• Having too much of something

• To go or come down from a higher level

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

The market is currently experiencing a glut of products, resulting in decreased prices.

 

What does the word 'glut' mean?

• Having too much of something

• A living being that eventually dies

• To gather or collect a lot over time

• Hard to see or understand

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4