Vocabulary • Ch 7 - Holes • Context Clues

The archaeologists will excavate the ancient ruins to uncover important artifacts and gather valuable information about the past.

 

What does the word 'excavate' mean?

• To force someone to leave a place

• Very silly or ridiculous

• The distance around the outside of something

• To dig and unearth things from the ground

He gave me direct instructions on how to reach the destination.

 

What does the word 'direct' mean?

• To come near or move closer to

• Feeling sad and lonely

• To point or show the way

• To force someone to leave a place

The wizard used a spell to summon a powerful dragon to aid in the battle.

 

What does the word 'summon' mean?

• Very silly or ridiculous

• Feeling sad and lonely

• To call or request someone to come

• To come near or move closer to

The abandoned puppy looked forlorn as it sat by the roadside.

 

What does the word 'forlorn' mean?

• To point or show the way

• To dig and unearth things from the ground

• To force someone to leave a place

• Feeling sad and lonely

It is preposterous to believe in such outlandish conspiracy theories.

 

What does the word 'preposterous' mean?

• To force someone to leave a place

• However, in spite of that

• To call or request someone to come

• Very silly or ridiculous