Vocabulary • Ch 10 - Animal Farm • Context Clues

The professor used a practical experiment to demonstrate the concept to her students.

 

What does the word 'demonstrate' mean?

• To have a lot of success and money

• Undermining or secretly trying to overthrow something

• To show or explain how something works

• To make guesses or predictions about something

It is critical that we find a solution to this problem immediately.

 

What does the word 'critical' mean?

• To make something go away or disappear

• A big and important change in something

• Someone who owns something or a business

• Very important or necessary

The government attempted to suppress the information from being released.

 

What does the word 'suppress' mean?

• To make guesses or predictions about something

• To be more successful or powerful

• Thinking you are better than others

• To stop or prevent something from happening

They were barely able to subsist on their meager income.

 

What does the word 'subsist' mean?

• To make something go away or disappear

• Very important or necessary

• To survive by obtaining food and water

• Word: Filial Meaning: A word to describe being kind and respectful to parents

The two teams will contend for the championship title next week.

 

What does the word 'contend' mean?

• To have a lot of success and money

• A person you work with

• To argue or compete for something

• Undermining or secretly trying to overthrow something

The activist used the press conference to denounce the corrupt practices of the corporation.

 

What does the word 'denounce' mean?

• Thinking you are better than others

• To publicly criticize or condemn someone or something

• To argue or compete for something

• Word: Filial Meaning: A word to describe being kind and respectful to parents

She showed her diligent work ethic by consistently completing all of her tasks ahead of schedule.

 

What does the word 'diligent' mean?

• To show or explain how something works

• Working hard and being attentive to tasks

• To argue or compete for something

• To make guesses or predictions about something

Dispelling: She easily dispelled the rumors with concrete evidence.

 

What does the word 'dispel' mean?

• Always happening or always true

• Very important or necessary

• To make something go away or disappear

• To ask questions to find out information

The queen's haughty demeanor made it clear that she expected everyone to bow to her.

 

What does the word 'haughty' mean?

• Word: Filial Meaning: A word to describe being kind and respectful to parents

• Thinking you are better than others

• A person you work with

• To survive by obtaining food and water

She would invariably arrive late for our meetings.

 

What does the word 'invariably' mean?

• Always happening or always true

• To be more successful or powerful

• To survive by obtaining food and water

• Undermining or secretly trying to overthrow something