Vocabulary • Ch 4 - Brave New World • Context Clues

She sat at her desk, ready to compose a beautiful symphony.

 

What does the word 'compose' mean?

• Saying one thing but doing another

• Belonging to each individual or thing

• To create or make something, like a song

• A straight line from left to right

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

The colors of the sky began to merge into a beautiful array of pinks and purples as the twilight set in.

 

What does the word 'twilight' mean?

• A line of people waiting for something

• Sounding sad and mournful

• Judging someone without knowing them

• The time between daylight and darkness

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

She was overwhelmed with despair when she received the devastating news.

 

What does the word 'despair' mean?

• A line of people waiting for something

• Feeling very sad and hopeless

• Saying one thing but doing another

• Very sharp or intense

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

The evidence presented at the trial clearly manifest his guilt.

 

What does the word 'manifest' mean?

• To show or make clear

• The time between daylight and darkness

• Having bad intentions or wanting to harm

• A feeling of extreme happiness or joy

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

She experienced pure rapture as she listened to the beautiful symphony.

 

What does the word 'rapture' mean?

• A feeling of extreme happiness or joy

• To cause someone to suffer or be in pain

• To show or make clear

• Very sharp or intense

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4