Vocabulary • Ch 1.5 - Where the Crawdads Sing • Context Clues

The exhaust pipe emits smoke when the engine is running.

 

What does the word 'emit' mean?

• Someone in your family

• To say or tell someone what to do

• To be deeply or firmly fixed

• To send out or produce something

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

The journalist embedded himself with the troops to provide firsthand coverage of the war.

 

What does the word 'embedded' mean?

• To say or tell someone what to do

• To be deeply or firmly fixed

• The boundary or edge of a shape

• To send out or produce something

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

She would cower in fear whenever a loud noise was heard.

 

What does the word 'cower' mean?

• To shrink back in fear or shame

• The boundary or edge of a shape

• To say or tell someone what to do

• To send out or produce something

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

She walked along the perimeter of the playground, enjoying the view.

 

What does the word 'perimeter' mean?

• Someone in your family

• The boundary or edge of a shape

• To be deeply or firmly fixed

• To send out or produce something

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

The boss will dictate the letters to his secretary.

 

What does the word 'dictate' mean?

• To say or tell someone what to do

• To be deeply or firmly fixed

• To shrink back in fear or shame

• Someone in your family

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4