Vocabulary • Ch 43-09 - The Diary of a Young Girl • Context Clues

She tied the dog to a tether to keep it from running away.

 

What does the word 'tether' mean?

• When you hurt a body joint

• A rope or chain to tie something

• To talk angrily and complain loudly

• To feel angry or bitter about something

She went on a long rant about the current state of politics.

 

What does the word 'rant' mean?

• To talk angrily and complain loudly

• When you hurt a body joint

• A rope or chain to tie something

• Betraying someone by being disloyal

His treachery was exposed when he double-crossed his business partners.

 

What does the word 'treachery' mean?

• A rope or chain to tie something

• To talk angrily and complain loudly

• Betraying someone by being disloyal

• When you hurt a body joint

I sprained my ankle while playing basketball yesterday.

 

What does the word 'sprain' mean?

• When you hurt a body joint

• Betraying someone by being disloyal

• A rope or chain to tie something

• To feel angry or bitter about something

She couldn't help but resent his success.

 

What does the word 'resent' mean?

• To talk angrily and complain loudly

• A rope or chain to tie something

• When you hurt a body joint

• To feel angry or bitter about something