Vocabulary • Ch 3.12 - Unbroken • Context Clues

The detective carefully examined the trace of evidence left at the crime scene.

 

What does the word 'trace' mean?

• A very faint mark or line

• To follow or find evidence of something

• Different types of plants or animals

• To make a liquid cleaner and purer

The detective carefully followed the trace of footprints left at the crime scene.

 

What does the word 'trace' mean?

• Clear and easy to understand

• Feeling sad and lonely because something is missing

• A very faint mark or line

• To start or create something officially

They worked tirelessly to establish a successful business.

 

What does the word 'establish' mean?

• To feel confused or puzzled

• Something that seems impossible but is true

• A unit of energy in food

• To start or create something officially

Word: Distill Sentence: She was able to distill complex information into a simple and easy-to-understand presentation.

 

What does the word 'distill' mean?

• Something that seems impossible but is true

• Clear and easy to understand

• To make a liquid cleaner and purer

• To start or create something officially

She made a New Year's resolution to exercise more.

 

What does the word 'resolution' mean?

• A decision to do or not do something

• Something that seems impossible but is true

• To follow or find evidence of something

• To make confused or forgetful

She diligently tracked her daily calorie intake to maintain a healthy diet.

 

What does the word 'calorie' mean?

• A unit of energy in food

• Something that seems impossible but is true

• To stop or control the flow of

• To be flexible or graceful in movement

She had a lucid dream where she could control everything around her.

 

What does the word 'lucid' mean?

• Continue without an end in sight

• Clear and easy to understand

• To be flexible or graceful in movement

• To make a liquid cleaner and purer

The concept of time travel is a paradox because it presents a contradiction in the laws of physics.

 

What does the word 'paradox' mean?

• To make confused or forgetful

• To follow or find evidence of something

• A unit of energy in food

• Something that seems impossible but is true

The confusion began to addle his mind.

 

What does the word 'addle' mean?

• To start or create something officially

• To make confused or forgetful

• To be flexible or graceful in movement

• To make a liquid cleaner and purer

She demonstrated her lithe agility by effortlessly contorting her body into various yoga poses.

 

What does the word 'lithe' mean?

• Clear and easy to understand

• To make confused or forgetful

• To think deeply or consider carefully

• To be flexible or graceful in movement