Vocabulary • Ch 1.2 - Unwind • Context Clues

There was a commotion at the library when a group of students knocked over a bookshelf.

 

What does the word 'commotion' mean?

• Loud noise and chaotic movement

• How someone looks or acts

• To make a loud echoing sound

• To move backward or away from something

She performed a beautiful sonata on the piano.

 

What does the word 'sonata' mean?

• To do something because you have to

• To move backward or away from something

• A musical composition for one or more instruments

• Someone or something that is a perfect example

The contagion quickly spread throughout the community, causing widespread illness.

 

What does the word 'contagion' mean?

• To gradually get louder in music

• A disease that can spread easily between people

• Easy or effortless

• Very obvious or clearly noticeable

We have a contingency plan in case of an emergency.

 

What does the word 'contingency' mean?

• To move backward or away from something

• A musical composition for one or more instruments

• Loud noise and chaotic movement

• Something that might happen in the future

The inquisition subjected the accused to rigorous questioning.

 

What does the word 'inquisition' mean?

• However, even though, despite that

• A group of people who are family

• A time when people were questioned and punished

• To make a loud echoing sound

It is obligatory to complete the safety training before starting the job.

 

What does the word 'obligatory' mean?

• Not easily noticed or understood

• Required or necessary to do something

• A disease that can spread easily between people

• Very obvious or clearly noticeable

The floodwaters began to recede, revealing the damage left behind.

 

What does the word 'recede' mean?

• To move backward or away from something

• Someone or something that is a perfect example

• A performance where someone sings, dances, or plays an instrument

• To gradually get louder in music

She was exasperated with her sibling's constant interruptions during her studying.

 

What does the word 'exasperated' mean?

• A group of people who are family

• Really, really annoyed or frustrated

• How someone looks or acts

• Very obvious or clearly noticeable

She prepared tirelessly for her piano recital.

 

What does the word 'recital' mean?

• To gradually get louder in music

• A performance where someone sings, dances, or plays an instrument

• To move backward or away from something

• To do something because you have to

She was happy to oblige her friend's request.

 

What does the word 'oblige' mean?

• To move backward or away from something

• A time when people were questioned and punished

• Not easily noticed or understood

• To do something because you have to