7.4 Context Clues

Everyone else at the party wanted garbage pizza but Tim because he detested vegetables.
Definition of detested?

• Strongly dislike
• Strongly liked
• Changed
• Regret

Grandpa didn't know that Suzie was coming along on the fishing trip, and now he had to alter his plans.
Definition of alter?

• Continue on
• Keep the same
• Change
• Wait

When Kiki got a tiny cut on her pinky finger, she got all melodramatic and began sobbing and demanding a doctor.
Definition of melodramatic?

• Very calm
• With exaggerated emotion
• Confused
• Strong dislike

As Tommy walked home with the money from the church he had stolen in his pocket, powerful feelings of remorse bubbled in his stomach.
What is a synonym for remorse?

• Attitude
• Change
• Sassiness
• Regret

When the other moms heard about how Charlene had won the baking contest, her email box was flooded with inquiries for her award winning muffin recipe.
What is the best synonym for inquiries?

• Questions
• Answers
• Emotion
• Position

The children were perched on the edge of the sofa arms, waiting to hop off and land on the next unlucky passerby.
Definition of perched?

• Wait in a position off the ground
• Position oneself on the ground
• Thrown off
• Pushed off

Jeremiah joked around so much that when he told the others about the accident that had occurred, they didn't believe that he was being earnest.
What is the antonym of earnest?

• Serious
• Gloomy
• Joking
• Not joking

Unlike Bob, who treated others rudely and kept to himself, Bobby was jovial, friendly, and outgoing.
What is the antonym of jovial?

• Happy
• Outgoing
• Surprised
• Unfriendly

My grandma's demeanor was such that people often though she was being rude when she was just being honest.
Definition of Demeanor?

• Nonverbal behaviors; body language
• Talking too much
• Hand gestures
• Big mouth

The lady decided that it was tea time and so, by jingling a tiny silver bell, she beckoned her children to come inside.
What is the best synonym for beckoned?

• Waved
• Pushed
• Called
• Walked