Vocabulary • Ch 1 - The City of Ember • Context Clues

The atmosphere in the courtroom was solemn as the judge delivered the verdict.

 

What does the word 'solemn' mean?

• To carefully judge or determine the value or worth of something

• A maze or complicated network of paths

• Serious and respectful, not playful or silly

• Way of getting close to something

The team will evaluate the results before making a decision.

 

What does the word 'evaluate' mean?

• Serious and respectful, not playful or silly

• A maze or complicated network of paths

• Very unhappy or miserable

• To carefully judge or determine the value or worth of something

His response was so unexpected that it left me utterly speechless.

 

What does the word 'utter' mean?

• Very unhappy or miserable

• To say or speak something out loud

• Way of getting close to something

• A maze or complicated network of paths

She embarked on a new endeavor to start her own business.

 

What does the word 'endeavor' mean?

• To say or speak something out loud

• To securely tie or fasten together

• To become worn or unraveled

• To try really hard to do something

The poor man lived a wretched life filled with sorrow and despair.

 

What does the word 'wretched' mean?

• Very unhappy or miserable

• To try really hard to do something

• To do well and be successful

• To securely tie or fasten together