Vocabulary • Ch 10 - A Wrinkle in Time • Context Clues

The hungry lion will devour its prey.

 

What does the word 'devour' mean?

• To eat something quickly and completely

• Something that can eat away or destroy

• Making someone serious or thoughtful

• To make something less painful or severe

The detective's deductive reasoning skills were considered infallible.

 

What does the word 'infallible' mean?

• Something that can eat away or destroy

• Showing differences between two things

• Never making any mistakes or errors

• To eat something quickly and completely

She looked at him with a loathe, unable to hide her disgust.

 

What does the word 'loathe' mean?

• The inability to move or feel

• To really, really, really hate something

• Solar System: The Sun and all the planets

• To turn something upside down

Our planet Earth is a part of the vast solar system, which consists of the sun, planets, and other celestial objects.

 

What does the word 'solar system' mean?

• To make something less painful or severe

• Able to be done or achieved

• The inability to move or feel

• Solar System: The Sun and all the planets

The colors of the painting were bold and made a striking contrast against the white walls.

 

What does the word 'contrast' mean?

• Showing differences between two things

• Something that can eat away or destroy

• Making someone serious or thoughtful

• To make something less painful or severe