Vocabulary • Ch 6 - Hoot • Context Clues

The police are still searching for the perpetrator of the crime.

 

What does the word 'perpetrator' mean?

• A situation where something is at risk

• Someone who commits a crime or wrongdoing

• Something that is bound to happen

• A heated or angry argument or fight

The frightened dog would cower in the corner during the thunderstorm.

 

What does the word 'cower' mean?

• To crouch in fear or shrink back

• People who work for an organization

• Related to a father

• To find or discover something by searching

The contestant was in jeopardy of losing it all on the game show.

 

What does the word 'jeopardy' mean?

• A small booth or stand for selling things

• A heated or angry argument or fight

• To give way or surrender

• A situation where something is at risk

She sat down at the piano and began to compose a beautiful piece of music.

 

What does the word 'compose' mean?

• A small booth or stand for selling things

• To give way or surrender

• A situation where something is at risk

• To create or put together something

I bought a newspaper from the kiosk on the corner.

 

What does the word 'kiosk' mean?

• A small booth or stand for selling things

• To crouch in fear or shrink back

• To praise or approve of someone or something

• Something that is bound to happen

She was diagnosed with influenza and had to stay home from work.

 

What does the word 'influenza' mean?

• A situation where something is at risk

• To praise or approve of someone or something

• To create or put together something

• A contagious illness that causes fever and coughing

It was inevitable that they would eventually meet again.

 

What does the word 'inevitable' mean?

• To create or put together something

• A small booth or stand for selling things

• To praise or approve of someone or something

• Something that is bound to happen

The company is carefully selecting new personnel to join their team.

 

What does the word 'personnel' mean?

• People who work for an organization

• A situation where something is at risk

• Related to a father

• A heated or angry argument or fight

The teacher commended her students for their hard work on the project.

 

What does the word 'commend' mean?

• To praise or approve of someone or something

• People who work for an organization

• A heated or angry argument or fight

• To create or put together something

The farmer's fields yielded a bountiful harvest this year.

 

What does the word 'yield' mean?

• To create or put together something

• To find or discover something by searching

• A small booth or stand for selling things

• To give way or surrender