Vocabulary • Ch 3 - The Crucible • Context Clues

The company plans to establish a new branch in the city.

 

What does the word 'establish' mean?

• The part of you that knows right from wrong

• To create or set up something new

• Feeling worried or nervous about something

• A statement made under oath

The witness gave a detailed deposition about the events that transpired.

 

What does the word 'deposition' mean?

• When you can't believe something

• A statement made under oath

• Feeling worried or nervous about something

• To publicly criticize or condemn something or someone

She looked at him with contempt as he apologized.

 

What does the word 'contempt' mean?

• To confuse or puzzle someone

• To create or set up something new

• Feeling of strong dislike or disrespect

• Feeling worried or nervous about something

They had to contend with strong winds during the race.

 

What does the word 'contend' mean?

• Unconditional love and selfless caring

• Able to be easily understood or heard

• Tricking someone by being dishonest

• To compete or argue with someone

She followed her conscience and did the right thing.

 

What does the word 'conscience' mean?

• To publicly criticize or condemn something or someone

• Seeing your own image in a mirror

• The part of you that knows right from wrong

• Being good and morally upright

The sound of her footsteps was barely audible in the empty hallway.

 

What does the word 'audible' mean?

• To compete or argue with someone

• To confuse or puzzle someone

• Very surprised and unable to speak or move

• Able to be heard

She looked at the evidence with an incredulous expression on her face.

 

What does the word 'incredulous' mean?

• To trick or make someone believe something false

• Unconditional love and selfless caring

• When you can't believe something

• Very surprised and unable to speak or move

She tried to deceive her friends with a clever disguise.

 

What does the word 'deceive' mean?

• Very surprised and unable to speak or move

• Unconditional love and selfless caring

• To trick or make someone believe something false

• To compete or argue with someone

They stood there, agape, staring at the amazing sight unfolding before them.

 

What does the word 'agape' mean?

• Feeling worried or nervous about something

• Unconditional love and selfless caring

• Being good and morally upright

• When you can't believe something

Her unexpected reaction confounded everyone in the room.

 

What does the word 'confound' mean?

• Able to be easily understood or heard

• When people secretly plan something together

• To confuse or puzzle someone

• To signal someone to come closer