Vocabulary • Ch 4.25 - Unbroken • Context Clues

The music will accompany the dancers during their performance.

 

What does the word 'accompany' mean?

• Show that an error is in original

• Related to being a mother

• To make up for a mistake

• To go with or be together with

The company worked tirelessly to establish itself as a leader in the industry.

 

What does the word 'establish' mean?

• To make a firm decision and stick to it

• A strong connection or tie between people

• To go with or be together with

• To start or create something officially

She showed great resolve in overcoming her fears.

 

What does the word 'resolve' mean?

• A strong connection or tie between people

• To make a firm decision and stick to it

• To fix or correct something that is wrong

• A way of showing respect and honor

The boss will dictate his memo to his assistant.

 

What does the word 'dictate' mean?

• A way of showing respect and honor

• To give orders or tell someone what to do

• To change something to look different

• Breaking down something to understand it better

The detective intercepted the package before it reached its intended recipient.

 

What does the word 'intercept' mean?

• To go with or be together with

• To start or create something officially

• To change something to look different

• To catch or stop something in its path

Her face looked gaunt after weeks of illness and weight loss.

 

What does the word 'gaunt' mean?

• Very thin and bony-looking

• To fix or correct something that is wrong

• To make a firm decision and stick to it

• A strong connection or tie between people

The artist paid homage to her favorite musician with a stunning mural.

 

What does the word 'homage' mean?

• To start or create something officially

• Breaking down something to understand it better

• A way of showing respect and honor

• To make something less severe or intense

She displayed great maternal instincts by caring for the orphaned kitten.

 

What does the word 'maternal' mean?

• Making someone feel warm and loved

• Related to being a mother

• Show that an error is in original

• To start or create something officially

The disease continued to afflict the population despite efforts to contain it.

 

What does the word 'afflict' mean?

• Show that an error is in original

• Related to being a mother

• Good or favorable

• To cause someone pain or suffering

The data analysis revealed several significant correlations.

 

What does the word 'analysis' mean?

• Related to being a mother

• To start or create something officially

• To cause someone pain or suffering

• Breaking down something to understand it better