Context Clues - Practice 1

I appreciate that the high school football team is trying to raise money, but their officious car washes should not be held every other weekend

• overbearing
• unkind
•  self-centered 
• questionable 

I am definitely not voting for her after sitting and listening to her stilted speech. Clearly she believes she is better than the rest of the student body.

• thoughtful
• arrogant
• generous
• incomplete

With askance in their hearts and minds, the population voted against the once beloved local politician running for office. 

• competition
• happiness
• distrust
• denial

The flood water was unable to permeate the basement of the house because it had recently been waterproofed.

• cover
• pass into
• demolish
• damage

The shoddy balloon car did not win the science fair because it broke into pieces as soon as it crashed into the wall.

•  poorly constructed 
•  well-made
• miniature
• sizable

Why is the shrew in every Disney movie so heinous and unsightly? 

• small animal 
• fierce king 
• large castle
• bad-tempered woman

When giving a speech in front of an entire group of people, it is essential to speak clearly and have ideas in order, so no discursive chatter takes place

• loud
• concise
• rambling
• quiet

The medical trainer was the only individual able to sidle up to the injured horse to assist with his medical care. 

• to stitch
• to bandage
• to gallop
• to move up

After the tornado, most of the houses and buildings in the town were disheveled and items could be found strewn everywhere. 

• divided
• disorderly
• clean
• organized

Even if you struggle to get along with another person, you don’t have the right to disparage them to others. 

• speak kindly
• torture
• over simplify
• speak unkindly