Vocabulary • Ch 1.1 - Educated • Context Clues

The hikers walked through a narrow passage in the mountains.

 

What does the word 'passage' mean?

• Not having enough of something

• A prediction of the future

• A section or excerpt from a written work

• Like a god or relating to God

She decided to take a direct route to avoid any delays.

 

What does the word 'direct' mean?

• To spread out or scatter widely

• Secretly betraying someone's trust or loyalty

• Hard to see or understand properly

• To guide or point someone in a specific way

She looked in the mirror and saw herself reflected back.

 

What does the word 'reflect' mean?

• To spread out or scatter widely

• Secretly betraying someone's trust or loyalty

• To think carefully about something

• Being good and doing what's right

She studied the political doctrine extensively before writing her thesis.

 

What does the word 'doctrine' mean?

• To make something appear or happen

• A set of beliefs or teachings

• To tie something to keep it close

• Hard to see or understand properly

The meaning of the ancient inscription remains obscure.

 

What does the word 'obscure' mean?

• To guide or point someone in a specific way

• Feeling very sad and hopeless

• Hard to see or understand properly

• To get rid of unwanted things

She hoped to conjure a spell to fix her broken phone.

 

What does the word 'conjure' mean?

• A section or excerpt from a written work

• To make something appear or happen

• To get rid of unwanted things

• Not having enough of something

She dedicated her life to fighting for righteous causes.

 

What does the word 'righteous' mean?

• Hard to see or understand properly

• A prediction of the future

• Being good and doing what's right

• A set of beliefs or teachings

She had a divine dessert at the fancy restaurant.

 

What does the word 'divine' mean?

• To tie something to keep it close

• A section or excerpt from a written work

• Like a god or relating to God

• A prediction of the future

Her driving was so erratic that it made me anxious.

 

What does the word 'erratic' mean?

• To make something appear or happen

• Related to war or fighting

• To think carefully about something

• Not steady, unpredictable or irregular movements

The stray cat had developed a feral nature after living on the streets for years.

 

What does the word 'feral' mean?

• Feeling very sad and hopeless

• Wild, like an untamed animal

• To guide or point someone in a specific way

• To get rid of unwanted things