Vocabulary • Ch 18 - Brave New World • Context Clues

She felt bound by her sense of obligation to help her friend.

 

What does the word 'bound' mean?

• To move by leaping or jumping

• To cut or trim off outer layer

• Feeling very sad and hopeless

• To stop someone from doing something

She felt overwhelming despair after losing her job.

 

What does the word 'despair' mean?

• To calm someone down or make peaceful

• Determined and persistent

• Feeling very sad and hopeless

• To provide space or make room for

She submitted her letter of resignation to her boss.

 

What does the word 'resignation' mean?

• To come together in one place

• Well-known for doing bad or evil things

• To quit or give up a job

• To trick or deceive someone

She used a knife to pare the apple.

 

What does the word 'pare' mean?

• To cut or trim off outer layer

• To calm someone down or make peaceful

• To trick or deceive someone

• To move by leaping or jumping

The hotel was able to accommodate all of our guests for the wedding.

 

What does the word 'accommodate' mean?

• Well-known for doing bad or evil things

• To calm someone down or make peaceful

• To provide space or make room for

• Word: Solicitous Meaning: Showing care and concern for someone

The two roads converge at the intersection.

 

What does the word 'converge' mean?

• Making someone feel uncomfortable or uneasy

• Feeling very sad and hopeless

• To cut or trim off outer layer

• To come together in one place

The knight used his shield to deflect the enemy's attack.

 

What does the word 'deflect' mean?

• Something that can be touched or felt

• To make something bounce or change direction

• Word: Solicitous Meaning: Showing care and concern for someone

• Well-known for doing bad or evil things

She tried to delude him with false promises.

 

What does the word 'delude' mean?

• To make something bounce or change direction

• To move by leaping or jumping

• The goal or purpose of something

• To trick or deceive someone

The high security measures deterred potential burglars from breaking into the building.

 

What does the word 'deter' mean?

• Feeling very sad and hopeless

• To stop someone from doing something

• To cut or trim off outer layer

• To move by leaping or jumping

The sudden alarm clock ringing in the middle of the night was highly disconcerting.

 

What does the word 'disconcerting' mean?

• Making someone feel uncomfortable or uneasy

• To trick or deceive someone

• The goal or purpose of something

• To provide space or make room for