Context Clues

The long hike up to the mountains was grueling.

• loud

• tiring

• easy

• exciting

I was so parched, I drank an entire glass of water in one gulp.

• hungry

• thirsty

• sleepy

• bored

The parking lot was so congested, it took half an hour to get out.

• empty

• hot

• crowded

• pressurized

Marcia is a novice soccer player. It is her first day of practice.

• skilled

• beginner

• professional

• extra

The conspicuous man wore a purple wig and large sunglasses.

• easily noticed

• beautiful

• sleeping

• sneaky

The most TRAGIC part of the movie was the war, which caused many people to lose their homes.

• fantasy, dream

• disastrous, awful

• extremely happy

• extra,

Again they searched meticulously, but no keys. Where could they be? They've looked EVERYWHERE! If you did something meticulously, you would be-

• feeling silly.

• working very carefully.

• trying to finish quickly.

• trying to find something.

Tanya loved her dad, but she wondered why she was so organized when he was so haphazard.  A person who is haphazard is- 

• lost
• lovable 
• worried
• disorganized

Tonya was relaxing with a magazine when her father walked in, looking perturbed and sounding annoyed, too. What words give you clues to the meaning of perturbed?

• can you help me
• her father walked in 
• sounding annoyed, too
• relaxing with a magazine

Luis was adamant and insisted, "But Mom said she was preparing dinner tonight!" The word that best defines adamant is-

• happy 
• unsure
• nervous
• stubborn