Vocabulary • Ch 14 - The Westing Game • Context Clues

The branches of the tree protrude out from the trunk.

 

What does the word 'protrude' mean?

• Overly obedient or eager to please

• To stick out or extend outward

• To repeat a phrase or verse

• Feeling sad, low, or discouraged

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

 

What does the word 'dejected' mean?

• Overly obedient or eager to please

• To stick out or extend outward

• Feeling sad, low, or discouraged

• To describe something related to God

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

 

What does the word 'deception' mean?

• To describe something related to God

• A quick and brief look, or peek

• Tricking someone by hiding the truth

• To compete or argue with someone

The sunset painted a divine scene across the sky.

 

What does the word 'divine' mean?

• To repeat a phrase or verse

• To describe something related to God

• Feeling sad, low, or discouraged

• To compete or argue with someone

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

 

What does the word 'recite' mean?

• To repeat a phrase or verse

• A quick and brief look, or peek

• To say or read something out loud

• To stick out or extend outward

She had to refrain from eating sweets during her diet.

 

What does the word 'refrain' mean?

• Feeling sad, low, or discouraged

• To describe something related to God

• To repeat a phrase or verse

• To stick out or extend outward

The two teams will contend for the championship title in the final match.

 

What does the word 'contend' mean?

• A quick and brief look, or peek

• A time when a person's illness gets better

• To compete or argue with someone

• To say or read something out loud

The obsequious waiter bowed and scraped to every customer, hoping for a generous tip.

 

What does the word 'obsequious' mean?

• A time when a person's illness gets better

• Tricking someone by hiding the truth

• Overly obedient or eager to please

• To repeat a phrase or verse

The patient's cancer went into remission after successful treatment.

 

What does the word 'remission' mean?

• A quick and brief look, or peek

• A time when a person's illness gets better

• To repeat a phrase or verse

• To describe something related to God

He caught a glimpse of her across the crowded room.

 

What does the word 'glimpse' mean?

• To describe something related to God

• A quick and brief look, or peek

• To stick out or extend outward

• Overly obedient or eager to please