Vocabulary • Ch 2.24 - Educated • Context Clues

It is important to engage in regular exercise for good health.

 

What does the word 'engage' mean?

• Asking questions to know more about something

• To participate or be involved in something

• Not caring or worried about something

• Relating to thinking, understanding, and learning

She always maintains a positive outlook, regardless of the circumstances.

 

What does the word 'positive' mean?

• Extreme feeling of happiness or joy

• To make someone curious or interested

• To be very confused or puzzled

• Something that is good or favorable

Her subtle hint went unnoticed by the rest of the group.

 

What does the word 'subtle' mean?

• To be very confused or puzzled

• To make someone curious or interested

• Not very obvious or easy to notice

• To live or stay in a place

He showed a callous disregard for the feelings of others.

 

What does the word 'callous' mean?

• Having no feeling or sympathy for others

• To become distant or separated from someone

• A mental illness that affects thinking and behavior

• To make someone curious or interested

Many innocent people have suffered from persecution throughout history.

 

What does the word 'persecution' mean?

• Relating to thinking, understanding, and learning

• To leave or abandon someone or something

• Being treated unfairly or harmfully for beliefs

• Something that is good or favorable

They uncovered a conspiracy to overthrow the government.

 

What does the word 'conspiracy' mean?

• A number that is multiplied by another number

• To become distant or separated from someone

• A secret plan to do something bad

• To be very confused or puzzled

She struggled to cope with the symptoms of schizophrenia.

 

What does the word 'schizophrenia' mean?

• Extreme feeling of happiness or joy

• Being treated unfairly or harmfully for beliefs

• A mental illness that affects thinking and behavior

• To live or stay in a place

The weather was a major factor in our decision to cancel the outdoor event.

 

What does the word 'factor' mean?

• To become distant or separated from someone

• To stretch or expand something outward

• Asking questions to know more about something

• A number that is multiplied by another number

The plot of the novel was full of mystery and intrigue.

 

What does the word 'intrigue' mean?

• To participate or be involved in something

• To make someone curious or interested

• Extreme feeling of happiness or joy

• Being treated unfairly or harmfully for beliefs

She sent an inquiry to the customer service department to inquire about the status of her order.

 

What does the word 'inquiry' mean?

• Asking questions to know more about something

• To leave or abandon someone or something

• A mental illness that affects thinking and behavior

• To make something feel better or less painful