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?

• To write or carve letters or words

• Government official who decides small legal cases

• A quick and clever response to something

• Thinking about something a lot

She let out an utter cry of disbelief.

 

What does the word 'utter' mean?

• A special and tasty food or dessert

• To say or speak words out loud

• A gift or payment showing respect

• Deeply thoughtful or lost in thought

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

 

What does the word 'evade' mean?

• To look at someone with anger or disapproval

• Using very few words to speak

• To avoid or escape from something

• A safe place or shelter from danger

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

 

What does the word 'glower' mean?

• Deeply thoughtful or lost in thought

• To confuse or make someone feel puzzled

• To look at someone with anger or disapproval

• Thinking very highly of oneself

The complicated puzzle perplexed the participants.

 

What does the word 'perplex' mean?

• A person who asks many questions

• To say or speak words out loud

• To confuse or make someone feel puzzled

• A gift or payment showing respect

During the storm, the family sought refuge in a nearby shelter.

 

What does the word 'refuge' mean?

• To avoid or escape from something

• A gift or payment showing respect

• A safe place or shelter from danger

• Deeply thoughtful or lost in thought

The hotel was able to accommodate all of the guests' special requests.

 

What does the word 'accommodate' mean?

• To say or speak words out loud

• Government official who decides small legal cases

• A gift or payment showing respect

• To provide enough space for someone/something

The scientists made a conjecture about the cause of the mysterious phenomenon.

 

What does the word 'conjecture' mean?

• Government official who decides small legal cases

• To gather or collect gradually over time

• To guess something without enough evidence

• To avoid or escape from something

The inquisitor rigorously interrogated the suspect to uncover the truth.

 

What does the word 'inquisitor' mean?

• To provide enough space for someone/something

• To gather or collect gradually over time

• Thinking very highly of oneself

• A person who asks many questions

Her appetite for adventure was insatiable.

 

What does the word 'insatiable' mean?

• A quick and clever response to something

• To write or carve letters or words

• A person who asks many questions

• Always wanting more and never satisfied