Vocabulary • Ch 5 - Dracula • Context Clues

She carefully traced her finger along the map, trying to find the exact location.

 

What does the word 'trace' mean?

• Being focused and involved in something

• A very heavy and fast-running stream

• Very important or significant

• A mark or sign left behind

She was fully engaged in the conversation.

 

What does the word 'engaged' mean?

• Being focused and involved in something

• Having a positive and optimistic outlook

• To prefer or tend towards something

• The natural way a person usually acts

The news of the accident was sobering.

 

What does the word 'sobering' mean?

• Making you serious or thoughtful

• The natural way a person usually acts

• The most important or highest level

• When the ocean tide goes out

The postscript at the end of the letter contained an important update.

 

What does the word 'postscript' mean?

• Very important or significant

• The natural way a person usually acts

• To feel very happy or joyful

• A note added after the main message

The team's victory in the championship game was a momentous occasion.

 

What does the word 'momentous' mean?

• A force that pulls things inward

• When the ocean tide goes out

• A very heavy and fast-running stream

• Very important or significant