Vocabulary • Ch 23 - Frankenstein • Context Clues

The artist used oil paints to render a lifelike portrait.

 

What does the word 'render' mean?

• To make someone feel scared or frightened

• To make or cause something to be

• To go off course or change direction

• In the right size or amount

She decided to distort the facts to fit her narrative.

 

What does the word 'distort' mean?

• To make or cause something to be

• Harsh and insulting language or speech

• To change something so it looks wrong

• To come in between and stop something

The teacher had to intervene when the students started arguing.

 

What does the word 'intervene' mean?

• Harsh and insulting language or speech

• Someone who dies for a cause

• To come in between and stop something

• To change something so it looks wrong

They were able to reconcile their differences and mend their friendship.

 

What does the word 'reconcile' mean?

• To go off course or change direction

• To make friends or agree again

• Feeling scared or worried about something

• Gullible or easily tricked or deceived

She was so credulous that she believed everything he told her.

 

What does the word 'credulous' mean?

• Gullible or easily tricked or deceived

• Feeling scared or worried about something

• To make friends or agree again

• Harsh and insulting language or speech

She decided to deviate from her usual routine and try something new.

 

What does the word 'deviate' mean?

• To make someone feel scared or frightened

• Someone who dies for a cause

• To go off course or change direction

• To make or cause something to be

She walked into the room with a haughty look on her face, looking down on everyone around her.

 

What does the word 'haughty' mean?

• In the right size or amount

• Thinking you are better than others

• Refusing to change one's opinion or behavior

• Harsh and insulting language or speech

She was willing to become a martyr for her cause.

 

What does the word 'martyr' mean?

• Thinking you are better than others

• To go off course or change direction

• Feeling scared or worried about something

• Someone who dies for a cause

Despite all attempts to change his mind, he remained obstinate in his refusal to compromise.

 

What does the word 'obstinate' mean?

• Refusing to change one's opinion or behavior

• In the right size or amount

• To come in between and stop something

• To make or cause something to be

The punishment should be proportionate to the crime committed.

 

What does the word 'proportionate' mean?

• In the right size or amount

• Refusing to change one's opinion or behavior

• Someone who dies for a cause

• To change something so it looks wrong