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 result or outcome of an action

• To take care and help grow

• To filter or soak slowly through something

• Feeling or showing extreme disrespect or disgust

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

 

What does the word 'persist' mean?

• A message written to remember someone who died

• To filter or soak slowly through something

• To keep trying or not give up

• To scold or express disapproval of someone

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

 

What does the word 'scorn' mean?

• A message written to remember someone who died

• To take care and help grow

• To cut or shape with force

• Feeling or showing extreme disrespect or disgust

She made an inquiry about the availability of the product.

 

What does the word 'inquiry' mean?

• To scold or express disapproval of someone

• Asking questions to find out information

• A message written to remember someone who died

• A result or outcome of an action

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

 

What does the word 'censure' mean?

• To scold or express disapproval of someone

• A result or outcome of an action

• To gesture or signal for someone

• A right to use someone else's property

The artisan used their skill to hew a beautiful sculpture out of the wood.

 

What does the word 'hew' mean?

• A special honor or award

• To keep trying or not give up

• To cut or shape with force

• Feeling or showing extreme disrespect or disgust

The magician performed a bizarre trick that left the audience in awe and confusion.

 

What does the word 'bizarre' mean?

• To keep trying or not give up

• Asking questions to find out information

• To gesture or signal for someone

• Very strange or unusual

She beckoned for him to join her at the table.

 

What does the word 'beckon' mean?

• To gesture or signal for someone

• Asking questions to find out information

• To filter or soak slowly through something

• To take care and help grow

The function of a thermostat is to control the temperature in a room.

 

What does the word 'function' mean?

• Very strange or unusual

• A special job or purpose for something

• Asking questions to find out information

• A result or outcome of an action

She received a standing ovation as an accolade for her exceptional performance.

 

What does the word 'accolade' mean?

• A result or outcome of an action

• A special honor or award

• To gesture or signal for someone

• A message written to remember someone who died