Vocabulary • Ch 4 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone • Context Clues

The school decided to expel the student for repeatedly breaking the rules.

 

What does the word 'expel' mean?

• To move or twitch restlessly

• Something good or favorable

• To feel confused or puzzled

• To make someone leave a place

The lion's majestic mane flowed in the wind as he walked through the savannah.

 

What does the word 'mane' mean?

• To illegally enter someone's property

• Hair on the neck of a horse

• To tremble or hide in fear

• To talk loudly and angrily for a long time

She maintained a positive attitude throughout the difficult project.

 

What does the word 'positive' mean?

• To illegally enter someone's property

• Having a pale, grayish-white color

• To tremble or hide in fear

• Something good or favorable

Her face turned ashen with fear when she heard the gunshot.

 

What does the word 'ashen' mean?

• To tremble or hide in fear

• Having a pale, grayish-white color

• To talk loudly and angrily for a long time

• To feel confused or puzzled

She went on a passionate rant about the current political situation.

 

What does the word 'rant' mean?

• Something good or favorable

• To talk loudly and angrily for a long time

• To make someone leave a place

• Having a pale, grayish-white color