Vocabulary • Ch 42-10 - The Diary of a Young Girl • Context Clues

It is important to wear appropriate attire to a job interview.

 

What does the word 'appropriate' mean?

• To use or take something correctly

• A single example or sample of something

• A particular stage or step in something

• Extremely ugly or disgusting in appearance

The companies have been in correspondence regarding the potential partnership.

 

What does the word 'correspondence' mean?

• A single example or sample of something

• Sending letters or messages to communicate

• Extremely ugly or disgusting in appearance

• Something that is done the same way every time

She was bound by the rules of the contract.

 

What does the word 'bound' mean?

• Additional note at the end of a letter or book

• A person or thing that is perfect

• A particular stage or step in something

• To restrict or limit movement or action

She added a postscript to the letter to relay an important message.

 

What does the word 'postscript' mean?

• To use or take something correctly

• A person or thing that is perfect

• Calm and not very active or bright

• Additional note at the end of a letter or book

The poor child lived a wretched life on the streets.

 

What does the word 'wretched' mean?

• Very unhappy and miserable

• Feeling extremely embarrassed or humiliated

• Extremely ugly or disgusting in appearance

• A single example or sample of something

We are currently in the planning phase of the project.

 

What does the word 'phase' mean?

• Extremely ugly or disgusting in appearance

• To stay or live somewhere

• A particular stage or step in something

• To use or take something correctly

She decided to abide by the rules and follow them closely.

 

What does the word 'abide' mean?

• Calm and not very active or bright

• A type of freshwater fish

• Something that is done the same way every time

• To stay or live somewhere

She is often regarded as a paragon of kindness and compassion.

 

What does the word 'paragon' mean?

• A contagious disease with fever and rashes

• Sending letters or messages to communicate

• A person or thing that is perfect

• Calm and not very active or bright

The monster's appearance was so hideous that it frightened everyone who saw it.

 

What does the word 'hideous' mean?

• A type of freshwater fish

• Extremely ugly or disgusting in appearance

• Something that is done the same way every time

• A single example or sample of something

The biology lab carefully examined the specimen under the microscope.

 

What does the word 'specimen' mean?

• To express great sadness or grief

• A contagious disease with fever and rashes

• A single example or sample of something

• To use or take something correctly