Vocabulary • Ch 2.28 - Educated • Context Clues

The company plans to establish a new branch in the city.

 

What does the word 'establish' mean?

• To be flexible and graceful in movement

• To create or set up something official

• To compare two things that are different

• To make up for something lost or lacking

The bright colors of the flowers were a beautiful contrast to the dull grey sky.

 

What does the word 'contrast' mean?

• To make something or someone worse

• Being forced to leave one's home

• To make up for something lost or lacking

• To compare two things that are different

She spoke in a subdued tone, expressing her disappointment.

 

What does the word 'subdued' mean?

• A preference or unfair judgment toward something

• Being forced to leave one's home

• To make something or someone worse

• To calm down or make less intense

They were finally able to reconcile their differences and mend their friendship.

 

What does the word 'reconcile' mean?

• A form of government ruled by a king or queen

• A preference or unfair judgment toward something

• A clash or disagreement between sounds

• To make people or things friends again

She gracefully walked into the room, exuding an air of elegance.

 

What does the word 'elegant' mean?

• To turn something upside down

• To compare two things that are different

• A form of government ruled by a king or queen

• Chic and graceful

The suspect's actions were under intense scrutiny by the authorities.

 

What does the word 'scrutiny' mean?

• To turn something upside down

• To make something or someone worse

• To carefully examine or inspect something

• To compare two things that are different

She had a fixation on organizing her bookshelf alphabetically.

 

What does the word 'fixation' mean?

• Being focused on one thing for a long time

• To make up for something lost or lacking

• To turn something upside down

• Famous or important in a special field

After being found guilty of treason, the former leader was sentenced to a lifetime of exile on a remote island.

 

What does the word 'exile' mean?

• A form of government ruled by a king or queen

• Being clever or sly in a smart way

• Being forced to leave one's home

• A preference or unfair judgment toward something

The cruel king chose to banish his former advisor from the kingdom.

 

What does the word 'banish' mean?

• To create or set up something official

• Famous or important in a special field

• To make someone leave and never return

• A form of government ruled by a king or queen

The journalist's bias was evident in the way he reported the story.

 

What does the word 'bias' mean?

• To make someone leave and never return

• To carefully examine or inspect something

• Being focused on one thing for a long time

• A preference or unfair judgment toward something