Vocabulary • Ch 14 - The Westing Game • Context Clues

The branches of the tree protrude out from the trunk.

 

What does the word 'protrude' mean?

• To stick out or extend outward

• A time when a person's illness gets better

• Feeling sad, low, or discouraged

• To say or read something out loud

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

She walked away with a dejected expression after receiving the disappointing news.

 

What does the word 'dejected' mean?

• To compete or argue with someone

• To describe something related to God

• Feeling sad, low, or discouraged

• Overly obedient or eager to please

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

The detective uncovered the elaborate deception behind the well-planned heist.

 

What does the word 'deception' mean?

• A quick and brief look, or peek

• To say or read something out loud

• To repeat a phrase or verse

• Tricking someone by hiding the truth

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

The sunset painted a divine scene across the sky.

 

What does the word 'divine' mean?

• To describe something related to God

• A quick and brief look, or peek

• To repeat a phrase or verse

• Tricking someone by hiding the truth

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

The student was nervous as she prepared to recite her lines in the school play.

 

What does the word 'recite' mean?

• To say or read something out loud

• A quick and brief look, or peek

• Tricking someone by hiding the truth

• To compete or argue with someone

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4