Vocabulary • Ch 1.2 - Unwind • Context Clues

There was a commotion at the library when a group of students knocked over a bookshelf.

 

What does the word 'commotion' mean?

• To gradually get louder in music

• Loud noise and chaotic movement

• Something that might happen in the future

• Required or necessary to do something

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

She performed a beautiful sonata on the piano.

 

What does the word 'sonata' mean?

• To move backward or away from something

• However, even though, despite that

• A musical composition for one or more instruments

• A time when people were questioned and punished

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

The contagion quickly spread throughout the community, causing widespread illness.

 

What does the word 'contagion' mean?

• Very obvious or clearly noticeable

• A disease that can spread easily between people

• Required or necessary to do something

• However, even though, despite that

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

We have a contingency plan in case of an emergency.

 

What does the word 'contingency' mean?

• A disease that can spread easily between people

• How someone looks or acts

• To make a loud echoing sound

• Something that might happen in the future

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

The inquisition subjected the accused to rigorous questioning.

 

What does the word 'inquisition' mean?

• A disease that can spread easily between people

• How someone looks or acts

• A time when people were questioned and punished

• To move backward or away from something

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C