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 try really hard to do something

• Serious and respectful, not playful or silly

• The stuff that something is made of

• A maze or complicated network of paths

The team will evaluate the results before making a decision.

 

What does the word 'evaluate' mean?

• A person who comes after someone else

• A maze or complicated network of paths

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

• Way of getting close to something

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

 

What does the word 'utter' mean?

• To do well and be successful

• To say or speak something out loud

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

• A person who comes after someone else

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

 

What does the word 'endeavor' mean?

• A person who comes after someone else

• Way of getting close to something

• 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?

• The stuff that something is made of

• To become worn or unraveled

• Serious and respectful, not playful or silly

• Very unhappy or miserable

The rope was tightly bound around his wrists.

 

What does the word 'bind' mean?

• To try really hard to do something

• A maze or complicated network of paths

• To say or speak something out loud

• To securely tie or fasten together

The edges of her shirt were frayed from years of wear.

 

What does the word 'frayed' mean?

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

• A person who comes after someone else

• To become worn or unraveled

• To securely tie or fasten together

The board has yet to announce the successor for the CEO position.

 

What does the word 'successor' mean?

• Very unhappy or miserable

• The stuff that something is made of

• To securely tie or fasten together

• A person who comes after someone else

He worked hard and found a way to prosper in his chosen career.

 

What does the word 'prosper' mean?

• To do well and be successful

• Very unhappy or miserable

• A maze or complicated network of paths

• A person who comes after someone else

The two countries reached an accord to settle their dispute peacefully.

 

What does the word 'accord' mean?

• When people agree or make a deal

• A maze or complicated network of paths

• The stuff that something is made of

• Very unhappy or miserable