Vocabulary • Ch 1.8 - 1984 • Context Clues

They hope to establish a new business in the next year.

 

What does the word 'establish' mean?

• Kind and wanting to help others

• To start or create something officially

• Feeling happy about the past

• To show or explain something with pictures

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

The scientists conducted experiments to determine the cause of the disease.

 

What does the word 'determine' mean?

• To give in or surrender to something

• A lot of noise and disturbance

• To find out or decide something

• To show or explain something with pictures

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

The artist used vibrant colors to illustrate the beauty of the sunset.

 

What does the word 'illustrate' mean?

• To show or explain something with pictures

• A person who owns something

• Feeling happy about the past

• Feeling of friendship and togetherness with others

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

The government used propaganda to influence public opinion.

 

What does the word 'propaganda' mean?

• To be firmly fixed or enclosed within

• To remember something from the past

• To start or create something officially

• Information that is biased or misleading

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

She felt a wave of nostalgia as she flipped through her old photo album.

 

What does the word 'nostalgia' mean?

• Feeling happy about the past

• Able to be touched or felt

• To show or explain something with pictures

• To raise, honor, or praise highly

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

She struggled to recollect where she put her keys.

 

What does the word 'recollect' mean?

• To give in or surrender to something

• Feeling happy about the past

• To beg or plead desperately for something

• To remember something from the past

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

The eccentric artist wore a hat made of fruit.

 

What does the word 'eccentric' mean?

• Someone who is very peculiar or strange

• To beg or plead desperately for something

• To be firmly fixed or enclosed within

• To remember something from the past

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

The crowd erupted in cheers as they exalt their team's victory.

 

What does the word 'exalt' mean?

• To beg or plead desperately for something

• To raise, honor, or praise highly

• To find out or decide something

• A word that describes middle-class people

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

He was forced to grovel in front of his boss for forgiveness.

 

What does the word 'grovel' mean?

• To raise, honor, or praise highly

• Kind and wanting to help others

• To beg or plead desperately for something

• A lot of noise and disturbance

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

The tension in the room was palpable as the final exam results were announced.

 

What does the word 'palpable' mean?

• Able to be touched or felt

• Someone who is very peculiar or strange

• A word that describes middle-class people

• To avoid or neglect responsibilities or tasks

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C