Vocabulary • Ch 4 - Grade 11 • Context Clues

The marathon runners endured a grueling race in the scorching heat.

 

What does the word 'grueling' mean?

• To give or do something generously

• Exhausting and difficult work or activity

• To encourage or provoke someone to act

• Something that happens by chance or accident

She took a haphazard approach to studying for the exam.

 

What does the word 'haphazard' mean?

• To teach someone to believe one thing

• Something that happens by chance or accident

• Happening or done in a random way

• Making good and careful decisions

The church labeled him a heretic for his non-conformist beliefs.

 

What does the word 'heretic' mean?

• Someone who goes against popular beliefs or traditions

• To teach someone to believe one thing

• A person who believes differently from others

• Making good and careful decisions

The heavy traffic on the highway was a major hindrance to reaching the airport on time.

 

What does the word 'hindrance' mean?

• Someone who goes against popular beliefs or traditions

• Something that makes it difficult or slows down

• Not being careful or paying attention

• A person who fights against a government

She criticized others for not recycling, but she never recycled herself.

 

What does the word 'hypocrisy' mean?

• A person who fights against a government

• A person who believes differently from others

• Pretending to be or feel something you're not

• Happening or done in a random way

She was known as an iconoclast in the art world for her radical and controversial artwork.

 

What does the word 'iconoclast' mean?

• Exhausting and difficult work or activity

• Happening or done in a random way

• Someone who goes against popular beliefs or traditions

• To teach someone to believe one thing

The incessant rain kept us indoors all day.

 

What does the word 'incessant' mean?

• Lacking energy or enthusiasm

• Pretending to be or feel something you're not

• Happening or done in a random way

• Happening again and again without stopping

The broken glass on the floor was incidental to the main focus of the crime scene.

 

What does the word 'incidental' mean?

• To wander or take a winding path

• Happening again and again without stopping

• Something that happens by chance or accident

• Not being careful or paying attention

The politician's inflammatory speech incited a riot among the crowd.

 

What does the word 'incite' mean?

• To wander or take a winding path

• To encourage or provoke someone to act

• Lacking energy or enthusiasm

• Something that makes it difficult or slows down

Despite numerous attempts at rehabilitation, the prisoner remained incorrigible and refused to change his criminal ways.

 

What does the word 'incorrigible' mean?

• Not enough or very little amount

• Not being careful or paying attention

• A person who can't be changed

• To formally accuse someone of a crime