Context Clues

Context Clues

Multiple Choice

What does pugnacious mean in the following sentence:

Walt’s pugnacious behavior in the boxing ring made his opponent back down.

• Nice

• Aggressive

• Cheerful

• Boring

Multiple Choice

Which words help the reader know what arbitrator means:

The arbitrator, the neutral person chosen to settle the dispute, arrived at her

decision.

• her decision

• arrived at

• neutral person chosen to settle dispute

• the arbitrator

Multiple Choice

Which words help the reader know what noxious means:

The river was full of noxious materials such as cleaning agents from factories and pesticides from the nearby farms.

• such as cleaning agents and pesticides

• factories and farms

• river was full

• full of noxious

Multiple Choice

What does the word immaculate mean?

Unlike Jamaal’s room, which was immaculate, Jeffrey’s room was very messy.

• small

• sorry

• large

• clean

Multiple Choice

Which word has the closest meaning to the underlined word?

The river was full of noxious materials such as cleaning agents from factories and pesticides from the nearby farms.

• tired

• dangerous

• loud

• scary