Context Clues

Lacking knowledge, learning, or information

• surmise

• presume

• ignorance

• misapprehension

take for granted; assume

• presume

• ignorance

• consideration

• misapprehension

suppose that something is true without having evidence to support it

• consideration

• ignorance

• misapprehension

• surmise

guess, using information that is uncertain or incomplete

• misapprehension

• speculate

• ignorance

• consideration

careful thought

• surmise

• presume

• consideration

• speculate

incorrect understanding; wrong idea

• misapprehension

• surmise

• consideration

• speculate

I can _______ that it's cold outside since you are wearing a coat and gloves.

• misapprehension

• consideration

• surmise

• ignorance

I thought I answered the question correctly, but that was a ________________ on my part.

• consideration

• misapprehension

• speculate

• ignorance

The teacher cannot ________ that the students already know the meaning of the vocabulary words.

• misapprehension

• consideration

• ignorance

• presume

We don't know what happened-we can only ____________.

• speculate

• consideration

• ignorance

• misapprehension