Vocabulary • Ch 14 - Hatchet • Context Clues

The corrosive substance ate away at the metal, leaving it rusty and disintegrating.

 

What does the word 'corrosive' mean?

• Someone in your family, like a cousin

• Something that eats away or destroys

• To burn or char something

• To make something not work well

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

I am attempting to rectify the error in the report.

 

What does the word 'rectify' mean?

• Something that eats away or destroys

• To make something not work well

• To fix or correct something that is wrong

• Someone in your family, like a cousin

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

The chef seared the steak to perfection.

 

What does the word 'sear' mean?

• Something that eats away or destroys

• To make something not work well

• Someone in your family, like a cousin

• To burn or char something

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

I have a close relative who lives in another country.

 

What does the word 'relative' mean?

• Something that eats away or destroys

• To burn or char something

• To fix or correct something that is wrong

• Someone in your family, like a cousin

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

The accident may impair his ability to walk.

 

What does the word 'impair' mean?

• To make something not work well

• To fix or correct something that is wrong

• Something that eats away or destroys

• Someone in your family, like a cousin

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4