Vocabulary • Ch 10 - The Secret Life of Bees • Context Clues

The two parties reached an amicable accord after lengthy negotiations.

 

What does the word 'accord' mean?

• An agreement or understanding between people

• To say or repeat something from memory

• Requiring a lot of effort and energy

• Feeling very sad and hopeless

She could feel the anguish in his voice as he spoke about his loss.

 

What does the word 'anguish' mean?

• Requiring a lot of effort and energy

• To have a hint of color or flavor

• Extreme sadness or suffering

• Examining a dead body to find out why it died

The medical examiner conducted an autopsy to determine the cause of death.

 

What does the word 'autopsy' mean?

• To search for food or supplies

• Broken pieces or scattered fragments of something

• Examining a dead body to find out why it died

• To have a hint of color or flavor

The heavy rain caused the ground to saturate quickly.

 

What does the word 'saturate' mean?

• To completely soak or fill with liquid

• Broken pieces or scattered fragments of something

• Feeling confused, lost, or unsure of direction

• An agreement or understanding between people

Many Christians believe in the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

 

What does the word 'resurrection' mean?

• Coming back to life after dying

• An agreement or understanding between people

• Feeling very sad and hopeless

• Feeling confused, lost, or unsure of direction

The sunset was tinged with hues of pink and purple.

 

What does the word 'tinged' mean?

• To be grumpy and silent or mopey

• To search for food or supplies

• The process of making logical conclusions

• To have a hint of color or flavor

She felt disoriented as she wandered through the unfamiliar streets.

 

What does the word 'disoriented' mean?

• Feeling confused, lost, or unsure of direction

• An agreement or understanding between people

• Coming back to life after dying

• Feeling very sad and hopeless

The tornado left a trail of debris in its wake.

 

What does the word 'debris' mean?

• Broken pieces or scattered fragments of something

• Coming back to life after dying

• To completely soak or fill with liquid

• Examining a dead body to find out why it died

She sat in the corner, sulking about not getting her way.

 

What does the word 'sulk' mean?

• To search for food or supplies

• Examining a dead body to find out why it died

• To be grumpy and silent or mopey

• To say or repeat something from memory

She carried her transistor radio wherever she went.

 

What does the word 'transistor radio' mean?

• Feeling very sad and hopeless

• Extreme sadness or suffering

• Broken pieces or scattered fragments of something

• Small radio that uses special parts