Vocabulary • Ch 2 - A Christmas Carol • Context Clues

She agreed to accompany me to the concert.

 

What does the word 'accompany' mean?

• To go together or be with someone

• To pay attention and listen carefully

• To make a firm decision to do something

• Showing sincere or serious intention or effort

He showed great resolve in pursuing his goals.

 

What does the word 'resolve' mean?

• An agreement between two people or groups

• To express strong disapproval or judgement

• To greatly admire and respect someone or something

• To make a firm decision to do something

She made a resolution to exercise every day.

 

What does the word 'resolve' mean?

• To find a solution to a problem

• To pay attention and listen carefully

• To tie or connect things together

• To give or produce something

I am obliged to attend the meeting tomorrow.

 

What does the word 'obliged' mean?

• To greatly admire and respect someone or something

• To become dry, shriveled, or faded

• Not enough

• To do something because you have to

The detective was bound by duty to solve the case.

 

What does the word 'bound' mean?

• To go together or be with someone

• To tie or connect things together

• Not enough

• Happy and cheerful

The farmer's crops will yield a bountiful harvest this year.

 

What does the word 'yield' mean?

• To give or produce something

• Happy and cheerful

• To take things by force or stealing

• To make a firm decision to do something

She signed the contract without hesitation.

 

What does the word 'contract' mean?

• An agreement between two people or groups

• To make a firm decision to do something

• Showing sincere or serious intention or effort

• To respond quickly and sharply in conversation

She spoke with earnest conviction as she shared her thoughts with the audience.

 

What does the word 'earnest' mean?

• To do something because you have to

• To pay attention and listen carefully

• A person learning a skill from someone else

• Showing sincere or serious intention or effort

The judge will condemn the defendant to a life sentence.

 

What does the word 'condemn' mean?

• To express strong disapproval or judgement

• Not enough

• To become dry, shriveled, or faded

• To tie or connect things together

The pirates planned to plunder the treasure from the ship.

 

What does the word 'plunder' mean?

• To take things by force or stealing

• To tell or show something that was hidden

• To make or cause something to be

• A person learning a skill from someone else