Vocabulary • Ch 5 - All Quiet on the Western Front • Context Clues

She responded to his insult with a clever retort.

 

What does the word 'retort' mean?

• Always wanting more and never satisfied

• Thinking about something a lot

• A special and tasty food or dessert

• A quick and clever response to something

She let out an utter cry of disbelief.

 

What does the word 'utter' mean?

• A safe place or shelter from danger

• To look at someone with anger or disapproval

• To say or speak words out loud

• To confuse or make someone feel puzzled

The suspect tried to evade capture by fleeing into the woods.

 

What does the word 'evade' mean?

• Government official who decides small legal cases

• To write or carve letters or words

• To gather or collect gradually over time

• To avoid or escape from something

She fixed him with a fierce glower as he walked into the room.

 

What does the word 'glower' mean?

• A gift or payment showing respect

• To avoid or escape from something

• Using very few words to speak

• To look at someone with anger or disapproval

The complicated puzzle perplexed the participants.

 

What does the word 'perplex' mean?

• A special and tasty food or dessert

• To confuse or make someone feel puzzled

• Boring or uninteresting

• To look at someone with anger or disapproval