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?

• Very hungry, starving

• To make changes or improvements to something

• To trick or deceive someone

• Feeling very sad and hopeless

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

 

What does the word 'oppress' mean?

• To insult or offend someone openly

• To nurture and grow plants or crops

• To unfairly treat someone and make them suffer

• To kidnap or take someone forcefully

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

 

What does the word 'revise' mean?

• To ask about something to learn more

• A feeling that something bad will happen

• To kidnap or take someone forcefully

• To make changes or improvements to something

I am studying economics to better understand the financial world.

 

What does the word 'economics' mean?

• To trick or deceive someone

• How people make, save, and spend money

• Very hungry, starving

• A very deep and scary hole

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

 

What does the word 'abduct' mean?

• When prices go up and your money buys less

• A number that you multiply other numbers by

• To kidnap or take someone forcefully

• To insult or offend someone openly

Capitalism is an economic system based on private ownership and the pursuit of profit.

 

What does the word 'capitalism' mean?

• To ask about something to learn more

• A very deep and scary hole

• A number that you multiply other numbers by

• An economic system with private ownership

She couldn't hide her dismay when she saw the damage.

 

What does the word 'dismay' mean?

• To nurture and grow plants or crops

• To make changes or improvements to something

• Feeling sad, worried or disappointed

• To explain something in more detail

After not eating all day, he felt famished and couldn't wait to devour the meal in front of him.

 

What does the word 'famished' mean?

• To measure or judge something carefully

• Very hungry, starving

• To nurture and grow plants or crops

• When prices go up and your money buys less

Time is a significant factor in determining the outcome of the project.

 

What does the word 'factor' mean?

• To explain something in more detail

• To kidnap or take someone forcefully

• A number that you multiply other numbers by

• To insult or offend someone openly

She decided to cultivate her garden to grow fresh vegetables.

 

What does the word 'cultivate' mean?

• To make changes or improvements to something

• To measure or judge something carefully

• How people make, save, and spend money

• To nurture and grow plants or crops