Vocabulary • Ch 15 - The Witch of Blackbird Pond • Context Clues

She will demonstrate how to solve the equation step by step.

 

What does the word 'demonstrate' mean?

• Feeling or showing sadness or gloom

• A brave and chivalrous horseback warrior

• To show or prove something clearly

• A soldier on horseback who fights in battles

She did not heed his warning and went ahead with her risky plan.

 

What does the word 'heed' mean?

• To argue or disagree with someone

• Very happy or excited

• Feeling or showing sadness or gloom

• To listen and pay attention

The local militia was called upon to protect the town during times of unrest.

 

What does the word 'militia' mean?

• An action or act that someone does

• To listen and pay attention

• A group of citizens trained for fighting

• Feeling or showing sadness or gloom

The funeral was a somber occasion.

 

What does the word 'somber' mean?

• Rudely short or blunt in speech

• Feeling or showing sadness or gloom

• Very happy or excited

• A group of citizens trained for fighting

They entered into a heated dispute over the ownership of the land.

 

What does the word 'dispute' mean?

• To listen and pay attention

• To argue or disagree with someone

• To get used to something new

• Very happy or excited

She felt a wave of despair wash over her as she realized she had failed.

 

What does the word 'despair' mean?

• A brave and chivalrous horseback warrior

• Feeling very sad and hopeless

• To get used to something new

• An action or act that someone does

His brusque reply left her feeling taken aback.

 

What does the word 'brusque' mean?

• Feeling very sad and hopeless

• A strap used to control a horse

• A group of people who make laws

• Rudely short or blunt in speech

She sat at her desk, letting the words dictate her every move as she transcribed the important document.

 

What does the word 'dictate' mean?

• To give orders or tell someone what to do

• Very happy or excited

• To get used to something new

• To argue or disagree with someone

She was elated after receiving the good news.

 

What does the word 'elated' mean?

• Very happy or excited

• Feeling or showing sadness or gloom

• To show or prove something clearly

• An action or act that someone does

It takes time to accustom yourself to a new routine.

 

What does the word 'accustom' mean?

• To give orders or tell someone what to do

• To get used to something new

• Feeling or showing sadness or gloom

• To listen and pay attention