Vocabulary • Ch 13 - The Witch of Blackbird Pond • Context Clues

She decided to confide in her best friend about her secret.

 

What does the word 'confide' mean?

• Not important or related to the topic

• To tell a secret or share something personal

• A decision or a promise to do something

• To feel confused or puzzled

The intricate puzzle perplexed the students.

 

What does the word 'perplex' mean?

• To tell a secret or share something personal

• To lose something as a penalty

• To feel confused or puzzled

• Playing tricks or causing small, playful trouble

She had to stifle a giggle during the serious meeting.

 

What does the word 'stifle' mean?

• To lose something as a penalty

• To cut or shape something by chopping

• Having strong and overwhelming feelings for someone

• To stop or hold back something

The comment made by the audience was completely irrelevant to the topic being discussed.

 

What does the word 'irrelevant' mean?

• To get smaller or decrease gradually

• To make small, repetitive movements or actions

• Feeling extremely happy and excited

• Not important or related to the topic

Her provocative attire turned heads as she walked into the room.

 

What does the word 'provocative' mean?

• Not important or related to the topic

• Causing strong reactions or feelings in others

• A lung condition that makes breathing difficult

• Acting quickly without thinking clearly or calmly

She displayed an arrogant attitude towards her classmates.

 

What does the word 'arrogant' mean?

• A decision or a promise to do something

• To stop or hold back something

• Thinking you are better than others

• A lung condition that makes breathing difficult

She offered a contrite apology for her mistake.

 

What does the word 'contrite' mean?

• Acting quickly without thinking clearly or calmly

• Happy and carefree

• Thinking you are better than others

• Feeling truly sorry for something done

She couldn't shake off the growing sense of foreboding that something bad was about to happen.

 

What does the word 'foreboding' mean?

• A feeling that something bad may happen

• Playing tricks or causing small, playful trouble

• A decision or a promise to do something

• Causing strong reactions or feelings in others

The carpenter used a sharp tool to hew the wood into shape.

 

What does the word 'hew' mean?

• To cut or shape something by chopping

• Not important or related to the topic

• To make small, repetitive movements or actions

• To tell a secret or share something personal

She became infatuated with him after only one date.

 

What does the word 'infatuated' mean?

• A feeling that something bad may happen

• To get smaller or decrease gradually

• Feeling extremely happy and excited

• Having strong and overwhelming feelings for someone