Vocabulary • Ch 5.36 - Unbroken • Context Clues

The police are searching for the fugitive who escaped from prison.

 

What does the word 'fugitive' mean?

• A connection or link between two things

• Feeling scared or worried about something

• Someone who is running away from the law

• To live or reside in a place

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

She can't help but dwell on the past.

 

What does the word 'dwell' mean?

• Hiding or disguising your true identity

• To travel regularly between home and work/school

• To live or reside in a place

• A connection or link between two things

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

She felt a sense of trepidation before her big presentation.

 

What does the word 'trepidation' mean?

• A wrong or unnatural way of acting

• A statement made by someone in a court

• Loyalty and support to a person or group

• Feeling scared or worried about something

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

The spy used an alias to hide his true identity.

 

What does the word 'alias' mean?

• A wrong or unnatural way of acting

• To travel regularly between home and work/school

• Someone who is running away from the law

• A different name that someone uses

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

She felt despondent after receiving the rejection letter.

 

What does the word 'despondent' mean?

• Feeling very sad and hopeless

• A statement made by someone in a court

• A repeated part in a song/poem

• Hiding or disguising your true identity

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D