Vocabulary • Ch 2.57 - Where the Crawdads Sing • Context Clues

Parents play a crucial role in the nurture and development of their children.

 

What does the word 'nurture' mean?

• A special honor or award

• To take care and help grow

• A message written to remember someone who died

• A special job or purpose for something

Despite numerous setbacks, she continued to persist in pursuing her dreams.

 

What does the word 'persist' mean?

• Feeling or showing extreme disrespect or disgust

• A message written to remember someone who died

• To keep trying or not give up

• A special honor or award

She looked at him with scorn as he lied to her face.

 

What does the word 'scorn' mean?

• To take care and help grow

• Asking questions to find out information

• A special job or purpose for something

• Feeling or showing extreme disrespect or disgust

She made an inquiry about the availability of the product.

 

What does the word 'inquiry' mean?

• To cut or shape with force

• A special honor or award

• Asking questions to find out information

• To keep trying or not give up

The government decided to censure the politician for his unethical behavior.

 

What does the word 'censure' mean?

• To gesture or signal for someone

• To scold or express disapproval of someone

• A right to use someone else's property

• To take care and help grow