Context Clues: Synonyms

It was an idyllic day – sunny, warm, and perfect for a walk in the park.

• day

• sunny

• park

• perfect

She hums continuously, or all the time, and it annoys me.

• all the time

• annoys me

• hums

• she

The crime he committed was egregious; he’ll never recover from this horrendous scandal.

• recover

• crime

• horrendous

• scandal

His animosity, or hatred, of his sister divided the family.

• sister

• divided

• hatred

• family

This situation is a conundrum, a puzzle that’s difficult to solve.

• situation

• difficult

• puzzle

• solve

The annual bazaar is scheduled for the last day of school; it’s always a fun festival.

• festival

• annual

• school

• fun

The rambunctious kids ran out to the bus and climbed on board; they jumped and yelled and just couldn’t settle down.

• yelled

• board

• kids

• bus

It was a frigid winter night; even the lake was frozen solid.

• lake

• night

• winter

• frozen

Days after he made a flippant remark in class, he regretted sounding so disrespectful.

• remark

• disrespectful

• regretted

• sounding

In class, Julia was so cantankerous that her grumpy behavior negatively affected everyone.

• behavior

• grumpy

• class

• affected