Vocabulary • Ch 22 - Dracula • Context Clues

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

 

What does the word 'endure' mean?

• The way someone generally feels or acts

• An urgent or important situation

• Depending on something else that might happen

• To keep going through difficult or challenging times

The wily fox cunningly outsmarted the chasing hounds.

 

What does the word 'wily' mean?

• Someone who dies for a cause

• Done quickly and without much detail

• To burn or scorch something quickly

• Clever in a tricky or cunning way

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 walk in a relaxed and casual way

• Someone who dies for a cause

• Done quickly and without much detail

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

 

What does the word 'contingent' mean?

• To decorate or make something more beautiful

• To keep going through difficult or challenging times

• Depending on something else that might happen

• Clever in a tricky or cunning way

She greeted me with a friendly countenance.

 

What does the word 'countenance' mean?

• Someone who dies for a cause

• The expression on someone's face

• The way someone generally feels or acts

• Clever in a tricky or cunning way