Vocabulary • Ch 20 - Hoot • Context Clues

She will demonstrate her painting skills at the art exhibition.

 

What does the word 'demonstrate' mean?

• To do something because you should

• Making untrue and harmful statements about someone

• To show or explain using actions or examples

• To severely damage or destroy something

Her face in the mirror reflected a mix of emotions.

 

What does the word 'reflect' mean?

• To do something because you should

• To become weak, dry, or droopy

• To think deeply or carefully about something

• To severely damage or destroy something

The coach would often exhort his team to give their best effort on the field.

 

What does the word 'exhort' mean?

• To think deeply or carefully about something

• Rude or disrespectful, not showing proper manners

• To do something because you should

• To encourage or strongly urge someone

She sat in the empty room, feeling forlorn and abandoned.

 

What does the word 'forlorn' mean?

• Feeling sad, alone, and abandoned

• To encourage or strongly urge someone

• To severely damage or destroy something

• To show or explain using actions or examples

She asked impertinent questions during the interview.

 

What does the word 'impertinent' mean?

• Feeling sad, alone, and abandoned

• To quit or give up a job

• Making untrue and harmful statements about someone

• Rude or disrespectful, not showing proper manners

She spread slanderous rumors about her coworker.

 

What does the word 'slander' mean?

• Rude or disrespectful, not showing proper manners

• To show or explain using actions or examples

• Making untrue and harmful statements about someone

• To severely damage or destroy something

The serene garden provided a tranquil retreat from the chaos of the city.

 

What does the word 'tranquil' mean?

• The study of the human body

• Calm and peaceful

• Rude or disrespectful, not showing proper manners

• To encourage or strongly urge someone

The flowers began to wither in the scorching heat.

 

What does the word 'wither' mean?

• Feeling sad, alone, and abandoned

• Making untrue and harmful statements about someone

• To become weak, dry, or droopy

• Rude or disrespectful, not showing proper manners

The study of human anatomy is essential for understanding the structure and function of the body.

 

What does the word 'anatomy' mean?

• To encourage or strongly urge someone

• Rude or disrespectful, not showing proper manners

• The study of the human body

• To severely damage or destroy something

The vandal attempted to mutilate the artwork with a sharp object.

 

What does the word 'mutilate' mean?

• To severely damage or destroy something

• To become weak, dry, or droopy

• To quit or give up a job

• To show or explain using actions or examples