Vocabulary using context clues

Choose the correct meaning of the underlined word in the sentence.

Please tell them if they appear.

• come out

• gone

• hide

The birds hatched out the next afternoon.

• to get an egg

• to break an egg so a baby animal can come out

• to bring a baby

You can't blame yourself for your sister’s  accident.

• to point your finger on the direction of a thing

• to disappear

• to say or think that someone/something did something wrong

Food is necessary to life.

• needed

• unimportant

• last

The teams have been longtime rivals.

• someone who takes advantage of

• someone that tries to be more good than another

• someone who steals other persons' things

I am a coward in performing on stage.

• a person who shows fear

• a person who shows courage

• a person who shows a cow

He is aloof, he doesn’t like talking to other people.

• cheerful

• friendly

• not friendly

We are so anxious to meet our cousins from Paris.

• happy about what may happen

• afraid or nervous about what may happen

• sad about what may happen

I sprang out of bed with a jolt.

• scared

• shock or surprised

• joy

The book includes many vivid illustrations.

• dark

• blurred

• very clear