Context Clues Practice 2022

Front

Unlike his sister Cattie, who had a very calm and mellow disposition, John jumped on sofas and ran through the house like an animal.

Back

personality

Front

scarcity

Due to scarcity of food in her territory, the mother lioness had to roam far from safe ground to find a meal for her child.

Back

shortage

Front

fastidious

Back

critical

Front

conceited

Back

arrogant

Front

candor

Back

truthfulness

Front

The children in the orphanage might have starved had it not been for the benevolence of the nuns, who sacrificed their own small salaries to provide food for the children.

Back

sensitivity

Front

deficiencies

Jayden wanted to play football with the other kids but with his horrible deficiencies in coordination, he couldn't catch or throw the ball.

Back

weaknesses

Front

Even though peace between the two formerly warring nations had been established for years now, the soldier still woke cold from dreams of battle.

Back

stable

Front

scrupulously
I wanted to set the table and be done with it, but my mother scrupulously arranged each napkin, dish, and utensil until they were in perfect arrangement.

Back

precisely

Front

Conjecture

Back

hypothesize