Vocabulary • Ch 3 - The Westing Game • Context Clues

She sat at the piano, ready to compose a beautiful piece of music.

 

What does the word 'compose' mean?

• Being good and morally upright

• A share in a company's ownership

• Very thin and bony

• To create or put together something

The book was bound with a beautiful leather cover.

 

What does the word 'bound' mean?

• To tie or attach something tightly

• Very thin and bony

• To stop something bad from happening

• Being good and morally upright

She looked gaunt and frail after weeks of illness.

 

What does the word 'gaunt' mean?

• To tie or attach something tightly

• Making logical choices based on reasons

• Very thin and bony

• To stop something bad from happening

The righteous man stood up for justice and fought for what he believed in.

 

What does the word 'righteous' mean?

• Being good and morally upright

• To stop something bad from happening

• Very thin and bony

• Having a very bad smell or taste

The hungry lion would devour its prey within minutes.

 

What does the word 'devour' mean?

• Word: Devour Meaning: To eat something very quickly and eagerly

• A share in a company's ownership

• Having a very bad smell or taste

• Making logical choices based on reasons

She managed to avert a crisis by taking quick action.

 

What does the word 'avert' mean?

• Very thin and bony

• To stop something bad from happening

• Word: Devour Meaning: To eat something very quickly and eagerly

• To create or put together something

The old building had a beautiful facade, but the inside was in ruins.

 

What does the word 'facade' mean?

• The front part of a building

• To create or put together something

• Very thin and bony

• Having a very bad smell or taste

The smell from the fridge was putrid, indicating that something had gone bad.

 

What does the word 'putrid' mean?

• The front part of a building

• To stop something bad from happening

• Very thin and bony

• Having a very bad smell or taste

She approached the problem in a rational manner.

 

What does the word 'rational' mean?

• Making logical choices based on reasons

• To tie or attach something tightly

• A share in a company's ownership

• Word: Devour Meaning: To eat something very quickly and eagerly

I need to check the stock level before placing the order.

 

What does the word 'stock' mean?

• To tie or attach something tightly

• A share in a company's ownership

• Having a very bad smell or taste

• To stop something bad from happening