The Glass Castle Unit 1 Practice 2/Context Clues

The animals are leaving the _________ forest to find water.

• invariaby

• parched

• sentimental

• retrospective

My husband is not __________ and does not carry a picture of our children or me in his wallet.

• frantic

• sentimental

• desolate

• shiftless

Before Las Vegas became a mobster’s paradise, the entire area was nothing but a _________ desert.

• desolate

• rendition

• addled

• shiftless

The ___________ squirrel ran around Sophia’s house in a state of panic after it jumped through her kitchen window.

• sentimental

• frantic

• invariable

• triumphantly

Although Frank is a R&B singer, he won many accolades with his __________ of the country tune.

• rendition

• retrospective

• invariaby

• consult

Since Pam is __________, she lacks ambition and is always making excuses for her lack of productivity.

• shiftless

• triumphant

• addled

• vulgar

As vile as robbers are, no criminal is more nefarious than a killer. What is the mostly likely meaning of nefarious in this sentence?

• murderer

• fearful

• disgusting

• evil

The _______________ automobile exhibit will highlight cars from the 1930’s and 1940’s.

• vulgar

• sentimental

• retrospective

• addled

Is it true smoking marijuana ________your brain and made it difficult for you to concentrate?

• vulgar

• parched

• addled

• triumphantly

The question, for all that, was not finally settled until the council of Constance, when their cause was ___________ defended by Pierre d'Ailly and the battle was won.

• vulgar

• invariably

• triumphantly

• addled