Vocabulary • Ch 15 - The Fault in Our Stars • Context Clues

She felt a wave of nostalgia as she revisited her childhood home.

 

What does the word 'nostalgia' mean?

• Feeling happy and sad about the past

• To push or urge someone to do something

• To make things bubble and change

• Shining or giving off light

The political climate is beginning to ferment with unrest.

 

What does the word 'ferment' mean?

• To make things bubble and change

• A task or purpose that something does

• To push or urge someone to do something

• Feeling happy and sad about the past

The teacher used a goad to motivate the students to participate in the class discussion.

 

What does the word 'goad' mean?

• To push or urge someone to do something

• Shining or giving off light

• Feeling happy and sad about the past

• To make things bubble and change

The night sky was filled with thousands of luminous stars.

 

What does the word 'luminous' mean?

• Shining or giving off light

• A task or purpose that something does

• To push or urge someone to do something

• Feeling happy and sad about the past

A calculator's main function is to perform mathematical calculations.

 

What does the word 'function' mean?

• A task or purpose that something does

• To make things bubble and change

• Shining or giving off light

• To push or urge someone to do something