Vocabulary • Ch 9 - Brave New World • Context Clues

She asked her sister to accompany her to the concert.

 

What does the word 'accompany' mean?

• Something that is extremely disliked or hated

• To suggest or give a hint about something

• To go together with someone or something

• To start a journey or project

She sat by the window, lost in her pensive thoughts.

 

What does the word 'pensive' mean?

• Not being able to sleep at night

• Deep in thought or contemplation

• To go together with someone or something

• To suggest or give a hint about something

They plan to embark on a journey around the world.

 

What does the word 'embark' mean?

• To go together with someone or something

• To start a journey or project

• To suggest or give a hint about something

• Something that is extremely disliked or hated

Many people suffer from insomnia, which causes difficulty in falling or staying asleep.

 

What does the word 'insomnia' mean?

• To start a journey or project

• Not being able to sleep at night

• To suggest or give a hint about something

• To go together with someone or something

The smell of rotten eggs was detestable.

 

What does the word 'detestable' mean?

• Something that is extremely disliked or hated

• To suggest or give a hint about something

• Deep in thought or contemplation

• To go together with someone or something