Vocabulary • Ch 1 - Grade 8 • Context Clues

The hotel was able to accommodate all of their requests.

 

What does the word 'accommodate' mean?

• A medicine that cures or prevents poison

• Feeling bothered or irritated by something

• A person who designs buildings and structures

• To provide or make room for someone or something

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

After years of living in the city, she became accustomed to the noise and hustle of daily life.

 

What does the word 'accustomed' mean?

• A special quality or feature of something

• To be used to something

• A star symbol used for footnotes or emphasis

• Feeling bothered or irritated by something

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.4D

CCSS.RL.6.4

The company completed the acquisition of a smaller competitor.

 

What does the word 'acquisition' mean?

• A person you work with

• To be used to something

• Getting or obtaining something that you want

• Happening twice a year

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RI.6.4

She is now an adolescent and starting to navigate the challenges of teenage life.

 

What does the word 'adolescent' mean?

• A young person who is growing up

• A special quality or feature of something

• Happening twice a year

• Saying sorry for doing something wrong

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

The photographer displayed the skills of an amateur in capturing the moment.

 

What does the word 'amateur' mean?

• To provide or make room for someone or something

• The distance around the outside of something

• Saying sorry for doing something wrong

• Someone who does something for fun

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4