Vocabulary • Ch 2.3 (11) - 1984 • Context Clues

They reached an accord on the terms of the contract.

 

What does the word 'accord' mean?

• To cause something to happen

• Agreement or harmony between people or things

• Ordinary or dull, not very interesting

• Being close to something or someone

The doctor will induce labor to help the mother give birth.

 

What does the word 'induce' mean?

• To cause something to happen

• To avoid or escape something or someone

• Being close to something or someone

• Ordinary or dull, not very interesting

Her talent was sheer, evident in every performance.

 

What does the word 'sheer' mean?

• Very thin or transparent

• Very skilled or good at something

• To stop or prevent something from happening

• To happen at the same time

She believed her intuition was infallible.

 

What does the word 'infallible' mean?

• Always right, never makes mistakes

• Wearing colors that blend in with surroundings

• Agreement or harmony between people or things

• Very skilled or good at something

She was feeling negative after receiving the disappointing news.

 

What does the word 'negative' mean?

• To cause something to happen

• Always right, never makes mistakes

• Opposite or not positive or good

• Someone who says one thing but does another