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?

• Feeling sad and lonely

• Very silly or ridiculous

• To force someone to leave a place

• 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 force someone to leave a place

• However, in spite of that

• To point or show the way

• To call or request someone to come

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

 

What does the word 'summon' mean?

• To call or request someone to come

• Skilled or clever with one's hands

• Feeling sad and lonely

• Very silly or ridiculous

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

 

What does the word 'forlorn' mean?

• To call or request someone to come

• Skilled or clever with one's hands

• To point or show the way

• Feeling sad and lonely

It is preposterous to believe in such outlandish conspiracy theories.

 

What does the word 'preposterous' mean?

• Very silly or ridiculous

• To call or request someone to come

• Feeling sad and lonely

• To dig and unearth things from the ground

The school board decided to expel the student for repeated misconduct.

 

What does the word 'expel' mean?

• To call or request someone to come

• Very silly or ridiculous

• To come near or move closer to

• To force someone to leave a place

She missed her flight, but nonetheless arrived at her destination on time.

 

What does the word 'nonetheless' mean?

• However, in spite of that

• Very silly or ridiculous

• To come near or move closer to

• To force someone to leave a place

Definitely: She handled the delicate task with a deft touch.

 

What does the word 'deft' mean?

• Very silly or ridiculous

• Feeling sad and lonely

• Skilled or clever with one's hands

• The distance around the outside of something

The police created a perimeter around the crime scene.

 

What does the word 'perimeter' mean?

• To point or show the way

• To dig and unearth things from the ground

• The distance around the outside of something

• To force someone to leave a place

She took a different approach to solving the problem.

 

What does the word 'approach' mean?

• However, in spite of that

• To call or request someone to come

• To come near or move closer to

• Very silly or ridiculous