Vocabulary • Ch 2 - A Separate Peace • Context Clues

She spent every evening wrapped up in a novel, eager to escape into a different world.

 

What does the word 'novel' mean?

• To become dry and droopy

• Speaking or writing gracefully and persuasively

• To make someone fall into a deep sleep-like state

• A long and fictional story book

The speaker's tone was calm yet authoritative.

 

What does the word 'tone' mean?

• A long and fictional story book

• Speaking or writing gracefully and persuasively

• The way someone speaks or writes something

• To say the opposite or disagree

She sat down at the piano to compose a beautiful piece of music.

 

What does the word 'compose' mean?

• Following rules or doing what's expected

• To create or put together something

• Loud and noisy shouting or noise

• To figure out something without being told

The handcuffs bound his wrists tightly, making it impossible for him to escape.

 

What does the word 'bound' mean?

• To think deeply or carefully about something

• Very interesting or exciting, making you want to pay attention

• To move by leaps or jumps

• To figure out something without being told

She looked in the mirror and saw her reflection staring back at her.

 

What does the word 'reflect' mean?

• To create or put together something

• To think deeply or carefully about something

• The way someone speaks or writes something

• To become dry and droopy

She gazed into the mirror, lost in her own reflection.

 

What does the word 'reflection' mean?

• To create or put together something

• The image you see in a mirror

• To say the opposite or disagree

• Lasting for a long time or recurring

The flowers in the garden began to wither without enough water.

 

What does the word 'wither' mean?

• Lasting for a long time or recurring

• Speaking or writing gracefully and persuasively

• To say the opposite or disagree

• To become dry and droopy

The rain was continuous throughout the day, never letting up.

 

What does the word 'continuous' mean?

• Happening without interruption or stopping

• The way someone speaks or writes something

• The image you see in a mirror

• Very interesting or exciting, making you want to pay attention

The anonymous tipster provided crucial information to the police.

 

What does the word 'anonymous' mean?

• To make someone fall into a deep sleep-like state

• Without a known or revealed name

• To become dry and droopy

• Very interesting or exciting, making you want to pay attention

She could infer from his tone of voice that he was upset.

 

What does the word 'infer' mean?

• The most important part or characteristic

• The image you see in a mirror

• To figure out something without being told

• Thinking about something a lot