Vocabulary • Ch 22 - Dracula • Context Clues

Despite facing numerous challenges, she managed to endure and complete the marathon.

 

What does the word 'endure' mean?

• To gather or collect together

• To keep going through difficult or challenging times

• A unit of measuring time

• Clever in a tricky or cunning way

The wily fox cunningly outsmarted the chasing hounds.

 

What does the word 'wily' mean?

• Clever in a tricky or cunning way

• An urgent or important situation

• To keep going through difficult or challenging times

• Someone who dies for a cause

She decided to adorn her living room with exquisite paintings and elegant decor.

 

What does the word 'adorn' mean?

• To decorate or make something more beautiful

• To burn or scorch something quickly

• The expression on someone's face

• Depending on something else that might happen

The success of the project is contingent upon obtaining sufficient funding.

 

What does the word 'contingent' mean?

• To keep going through difficult or challenging times

• The way someone generally feels or acts

• Someone who dies for a cause

• Depending on something else that might happen

She greeted me with a friendly countenance.

 

What does the word 'countenance' mean?

• Done quickly and without much detail

• To gather or collect together

• An urgent or important situation

• The expression on someone's face

She gave the document only a cursory glance before moving on to the next task.

 

What does the word 'cursory' mean?

• Depending on something else that might happen

• The act of painlessly ending someone's life

• Done quickly and without much detail

• To gather or collect together

The brave individual willingly sacrificed themselves for their beliefs, becoming a martyr.

 

What does the word 'martyr' mean?

• The expression on someone's face

• An urgent or important situation

• To decorate or make something more beautiful

• Someone who dies for a cause

She loved to saunter along the beach, feeling the sand between her toes and the gentle breeze on her face.

 

What does the word 'saunter' mean?

• To burn or scorch something quickly

• To keep going through difficult or challenging times

• To walk in a relaxed and casual way

• Clever in a tricky or cunning way

They mustered all their courage to face the daunting challenge.

 

What does the word 'muster' mean?

• Clever in a tricky or cunning way

• A unit of measuring time

• To gather or collect together

• To burn or scorch something quickly

The hot pan caused the meat to sear quickly.

 

What does the word 'sear' mean?

• To gather or collect together

• A unit of measuring time

• Depending on something else that might happen

• To burn or scorch something quickly