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

• The inability to move or feel

• Never making any mistakes or errors

• To turn something upside down

The detective's deductive reasoning skills were considered infallible.

 

What does the word 'infallible' mean?

• The inability to move or feel

• To turn something upside down

• Able to be done or achieved

• Never making any mistakes or errors

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

 

What does the word 'loathe' mean?

• To eat something quickly and completely

• Very big, large, or huge

• To really, really, really hate something

• Something that can eat away or destroy

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?

• The inability to move or feel

• Solar System: The Sun and all the planets

• The coldest possible temperature, no heat

• Never making any mistakes or errors

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

 

What does the word 'contrast' mean?

• To turn something upside down

• Making someone serious or thoughtful

• Showing differences between two things

• Solar System: The Sun and all the planets

The muscles in his legs began to atrophy from lack of use.

 

What does the word 'atrophy' mean?

• When something wastes away or gets smaller

• To turn something upside down

• To eat something quickly and completely

• Solar System: The Sun and all the planets

She decided to invert the colors on her computer screen for better visibility.

 

What does the word 'invert' mean?

• Showing differences between two things

• To really, really, really hate something

• To turn something upside down

• The coldest possible temperature, no heat

The documentary presented a sobering perspective on the effects of climate change.

 

What does the word 'sobering' mean?

• Showing differences between two things

• To eat something quickly and completely

• Making someone serious or thoughtful

• The inability to move or feel

The soothing music helped assuage her anxiety.

 

What does the word 'assuage' mean?

• The inability to move or feel

• To make something less painful or severe

• To eat something quickly and completely

• To really, really, really hate something

The corrosive acid ate through the metal in a matter of minutes.

 

What does the word 'corrosive' mean?

• Never making any mistakes or errors

• Something that can eat away or destroy

• Very big, large, or huge

• The inability to move or feel