Vocabulary • Ch 10 - Frankenstein • Context Clues

The old abandoned dwelling stood silent and empty, a memory of another time.

 

What does the word 'dwelling' mean?

• To gather or collect a lot over time

• Flexible and easily bent or stretched

• A place where someone lives

• Feeling or looking gloomy or sad

The meaning of the ancient text is obscure and requires further research.

 

What does the word 'obscure' mean?

• To really, really hate something or someone

• Feeling or looking gloomy or sad

• To gather or collect a lot over time

• Hard to see or understand

The hikers began to descend down the steep mountain trail.

 

What does the word 'descend' mean?

• Hard to see or understand

• To go or come down from a higher level

• To gather or collect a lot over time

• To make something possible or allow it to happen

All living beings are mortal and eventually face death.

 

What does the word 'mortal' mean?

• Able to be changed or altered

• A living being that eventually dies

• Having too much of something

• Hard to see or understand

Despite facing many challenges, she was able to surmount them and achieve her goals.

 

What does the word 'surmount' mean?

• To overcome or conquer a challenge

• Fair and equal for everyone

• A place where someone lives

• The highest point or peak of something

The new software update will enable users to access additional features and improve their productivity.

 

What does the word 'enable' mean?

• To make something possible or allow it to happen

• A place where someone lives

• To gather or collect a lot over time

• Flexible and easily bent or stretched

Despite his pleas for forgiveness, she continued to spurn his advances.

 

What does the word 'spurn' mean?

• Hard to see or understand

• Kindness or forgiveness towards someone in trouble

• To reject or refuse with disdain

• Extremely evil or wicked

I detest the smell of fish.

 

What does the word 'detest' mean?

• Extremely evil or wicked

• To come together in a group

• To really, really hate something or someone

• Having too much of something

She managed to accumulate a substantial amount of money over the years.

 

What does the word 'accumulate' mean?

• Feeling or looking gloomy or sad

• To gather or collect a lot over time

• Having too much of something

• To go or come down from a higher level

The market is currently experiencing a glut of products, resulting in decreased prices.

 

What does the word 'glut' mean?

• Having too much of something

• A living being that eventually dies

• To gather or collect a lot over time

• Hard to see or understand