Vocabulary • Ch 2.9 - Unbroken • Context Clues

The company is looking to engage customers through targeted advertising campaigns.

 

What does the word 'engage' mean?

• To participate or actively involve oneself in

• To feel angry or upset inside

• To make someone or something feel upset or worried

• Praise or approval for doing well

She took steps to sustain her energy throughout the marathon.

 

What does the word 'sustain' mean?

• To make small holes in something

• To keep something going or alive

• Someone who is different or strange

• Broken pieces or remains of something

The team lost the game, thus ending their chance at the championship.

 

What does the word 'thus' mean?

• To participate or actively involve oneself in

• Having a lot of something

• Therefore

• To make small holes in something

The hydraulic system in the car allows for smooth and effortless power steering.

 

What does the word 'hydraulic' mean?

• Breaking a rule or doing something wrong

• Related to moving or using water power

• To participate or actively involve oneself in

• Not moving or changing position

The nurse escorted the patient to the infirmary for medical treatment.

 

What does the word 'infirmary' mean?

• Someone who is different or strange

• Sounding sad and mournful

• To give up or let go of something

• A place where sick people get treated

The blast caused a lot of debris to scatter across the street.

 

What does the word 'debris' mean?

• To participate or actively involve oneself in

• To give up or let go of something

• Broken pieces or remains of something

• Being completely focused on one thing

The doctor needed to perforate the patient's eardrum to relieve the pressure.

 

What does the word 'perforate' mean?

• Sounding sad and mournful

• To make small holes in something

• To make someone or something feel upset or worried

• Not important or difficult

The teacher considered the mistake to be trivial and did not deduct any points.

 

What does the word 'trivial' mean?

• To be securely fixed within something

• Having a lot of something

• Not important or difficult

• Breaking a rule or doing something wrong

Sarah's frustration began to seethe as she listened to his excuses.

 

What does the word 'seethe' mean?

• Someone who is different or strange

• To feel angry or upset inside

• To participate or actively involve oneself in

• To give up or let go of something

Her fixation on her appearance became unhealthy.

 

What does the word 'fixation' mean?

• Being completely focused on one thing

• Having a lot of something

• Breaking a rule or doing something wrong

• To make small holes in something