Vocabulary • Ch 17 - The Hunger Games • Context Clues

The insurance company will compensate him for his car accident.

 

What does the word 'compensate' mean?

• Extremely hungry, starving, needing food

• Broken pieces of something

• To make up for something lost or lacking

• When things are twisted or caught together

After skipping breakfast and lunch, she felt famished by dinnertime.

 

What does the word 'famished' mean?

• Extremely hungry, starving, needing food

• Happening or coming after something else

• A stage or step in a process

• The very last, final, or best thing

The photograph was distorted due to a camera malfunction.

 

What does the word 'distort' mean?

• The very last, final, or best thing

• Extremely hungry, starving, needing food

• To change or twist something's shape

• Persistently determined to do or achieve something

The subsequent meetings will focus on strategic planning.

 

What does the word 'subsequent' mean?

• Happening or coming after something else

• Extremely hungry, starving, needing food

• A unit of energy in food

• Broken pieces of something

The acrid smell of burning rubber lingered in the air after the car accident.

 

What does the word 'acrid' mean?

• Persistently determined to do or achieve something

• Not obvious, hard to notice

• To change or twist something's shape

• Having a strong, sharp, or unpleasant smell