Vocabulary • Ch 12 - A Wrinkle in Time • Context Clues

They reached an accord after hours of negotiation.

 

What does the word 'accord' mean?

• Very powerful, strong, or impressive

• To make impure or less pure

• Complete and total, with no mixture

• Coming to an agreement or harmony

The skyscraper's architecture emphasized its sleek and modern vertical lines.

 

What does the word 'vertical' mean?

• Coming to an agreement or harmony

• Going straight up and down

• Taking care of someone's needs

• To spread or pass through something

The chef was caught trying to adulterate the ingredients in the recipe.

 

What does the word 'adulterate' mean?

• Going straight up and down

• To spread or pass through something

• To make impure or less pure

• To make something come alive or move

The animator used special effects to make the characters in the movie come to life.

 

What does the word 'animate' mean?

• When an illness spreads from person to person

• Going straight up and down

• Straight like a line

• To make something come alive or move

The brethren came together to discuss the future of their organization.

 

What does the word 'brethren' mean?

• Extremely bad, shocking, or horrible

• The result or outcome of an action

• A word used to mean "brothers" or "sisters"

• Full of energy and excitement

The spread of the contagion was swift and wide-reaching, causing a global health crisis.

 

What does the word 'contagion' mean?

• When an illness spreads from person to person

• A rhythm in poetry with 5 beats

• Extremely bad, shocking, or horrible

• Coming to an agreement or harmony

She greeted me with an exuberant hug.

 

What does the word 'exuberant' mean?

• To admit or recognize something as true

• Full of energy and excitement

• To spread or pass through something

• To make impure or less pure

The team faced a formidable opponent in the championship game.

 

What does the word 'formidable' mean?

• Going straight up and down

• Very powerful, strong, or impressive

• Full of energy and excitement

• A small trace or remnant of something

The smell of coffee permeated through the entire house.

 

What does the word 'permeate' mean?

• To spread or pass through something

• To admit or recognize something as true

• Taking care of someone's needs

• To strongly dislike or hate something or someone

The graph of the equation is linear, showing a straight line.

 

What does the word 'linear' mean?

• A word used to mean "brothers" or "sisters"

• Straight like a line

• To strongly dislike or hate something or someone

• Extremely bad, shocking, or horrible