Vocabulary • Ch 2 - The Secret Life of Bees • Context Clues

The detective meticulously followed the trace evidence to solve the crime.

 

What does the word 'trace' mean?

• To ask or beg earnestly for something

• A document that grants permission or authority

• Make a copy of something by following lines

• A wall that keeps water from flooding

She preached the gospel to the crowd, spreading the message of love and salvation.

 

What does the word 'gospel' mean?

• Very religious and devoted to God

• To think carefully and make decisions

• A document that grants permission or authority

• The teachings and life of Jesus Christ

She sat quietly, pondering her next move in the game.

 

What does the word 'ponder' mean?

• A wall that keeps water from flooding

• To cut off someone's head

• A note added after the end

• To think carefully and deeply about something

She added a postscript to her letter with a final thought.

 

What does the word 'postscript' mean?

• To come out or appear

• Very religious and devoted to God

• To cut off someone's head

• A note added after the end

She beseeched him to reconsider his decision.

 

What does the word 'beseech' mean?

• Make a copy of something by following lines

• To think carefully and deeply about something

• To ask or beg earnestly for something

• A wall that keeps water from flooding

The police obtained a warrant to search the suspect's home.

 

What does the word 'warrant' mean?

• To cut off someone's head

• A document that grants permission or authority

• To think carefully and deeply about something

• Very religious and devoted to God

She was warned not to blaspheme in the church.

 

What does the word 'blaspheme' mean?

• A document that grants permission or authority

• To say bad things about God

• To think carefully and make decisions

• Very religious and devoted to God

The executioner wore a black hood as he prepared to decapitate the criminal.

 

What does the word 'decapitate' mean?

• To say bad things about God

• To cut off someone's head

• Very religious and devoted to God

• A wall that keeps water from flooding

The glacier slowly carved its way through the mountains, leaving behind a trail of icy beauty.

 

What does the word 'glacier' mean?

• The teachings and life of Jesus Christ

• To make room for or provide space for

• To come out or appear

• A huge, slow-moving river of ice

The workers built a levee to protect the town from flooding.

 

What does the word 'levee' mean?

• A wall that keeps water from flooding

• Thinking about something a lot

• To cut off someone's head

• The teachings and life of Jesus Christ