Vocabulary • Ch 5 - The Fault in Our Stars • Context Clues

The plant in her office was artificial, but it looked so realistic.

 

What does the word 'artificial' mean?

• Being honest and doing the right thing

• Making sense and being logical

• Something made by humans, not natural

• Someone who doesn't show their feelings

Despite facing adversity, she remained stoic and did not show any signs of distress.

 

What does the word 'stoic' mean?

• Overused phrase that lacks originality

• Making sense and being logical

• Someone who doesn't show their feelings

• To make something impure or contaminated

The dessert was cloying, overpoweringly sweet and leaving a lingering aftertaste.

 

What does the word 'cloying' mean?

• Too sweet or overpowering in taste

• To say mean and hurtful things

• To get rid of something

• To burden or weigh down with something

His arguments were logical and coherent, making it easy to understand his perspective.

 

What does the word 'coherent' mean?

• To try to imitate someone or something

• Useless, pointless, or unable to succeed

• Making sense and being logical

• To say mean and hurtful things

She spoke to him in a condescending tone, as if he were beneath her.

 

What does the word 'condescending' mean?

• The main topic or idea of something

• Talking down to someone in a rude way

• To show or depict something or someone

• Overused phrase that lacks originality

She decided to dispose of the old furniture to make room for new pieces.

 

What does the word 'dispose' mean?

• Someone who doesn't show their feelings

• Something made by humans, not natural

• To get rid of something

• To make up for something lost or lacking

The large amount of debt encumbered his ability to make financial decisions.

 

What does the word 'encumber' mean?

• Being honest and doing the right thing

• Too sweet or overpowering in taste

• To burden or weigh down with something

• To make up for something lost or lacking

The hate speech aimed to revile the targeted group.

 

What does the word 'revile' mean?

• To say mean and hurtful things

• To burden or weigh down with something

• The main topic or idea of something

• Useless, pointless, or unable to succeed

The theme of the book was love and loss.

 

What does the word 'theme' mean?

• Believing in perfect things that might not exist

• To really, really, really hate something

• The main topic or idea of something

• Being honest and doing the right thing

The glimpse of the shooting star was fleeting.

 

What does the word 'fleeting' mean?

• The main topic or idea of something

• Something that doesn't last very long

• Something made by humans, not natural

• To show or depict something or someone