Vocabulary • Ch 44-05 - The Diary of a Young Girl • Context Clues

She sank into a pit of despair after hearing the devastating news.

 

What does the word 'despair' mean?

• An economic system with private ownership

• Feeling very sad and hopeless

• A very deep and scary hole

• Very hungry, starving

The authoritarian regime uses their power to oppress the citizens and deny them basic rights.

 

What does the word 'oppress' mean?

• To unfairly treat someone and make them suffer

• An economic system with private ownership

• A very deep and scary hole

• A safe place for people in danger

She asked her professor to revise her essay before submitting it.

 

What does the word 'revise' mean?

• To make changes or improvements to something

• A safe place for people in danger

• To kidnap or take someone forcefully

• To explain something in more detail

I am studying economics to better understand the financial world.

 

What does the word 'economics' mean?

• How people make, save, and spend money

• To kidnap or take someone forcefully

• To nurture and grow plants or crops

• Feeling very sad and hopeless

The kidnappers planned to abduct the child and demand a ransom.

 

What does the word 'abduct' mean?

• To ask about something to learn more

• A number that you multiply other numbers by

• To insult or offend someone openly

• To kidnap or take someone forcefully