Vocabulary • Ch 1.9 - Where the Crawdads Sing • Context Clues

She went on a rant about her terrible customer service experience.

 

What does the word 'rant' mean?

• Agreement or harmony between people or things

• A state of extreme confusion and drowsiness

• To complain loudly and angrily about something

• A highly contagious illness with red spots

He stumbled home, barely conscious, in a drunken stupor.

 

What does the word 'stupor' mean?

• To complain loudly and angrily about something

• A state of extreme confusion and drowsiness

• Agreement or harmony between people or things

• A highly contagious illness with red spots

She was vaccinated against the measles as a child.

 

What does the word 'measles' mean?

• To eat something very quickly and greedily

• A highly contagious illness with red spots

• Agreement or harmony between people or things

• A state of extreme confusion and drowsiness

The hungry lion began to devour its prey in one large bite.

 

What does the word 'devour' mean?

• A state of extreme confusion and drowsiness

• Land surrounded by water on three sides

• Agreement or harmony between people or things

• To eat something very quickly and greedily

The resort is located on a beautiful peninsula jutting out into the ocean.

 

What does the word 'peninsula' mean?

• A state of extreme confusion and drowsiness

• Agreement or harmony between people or things

• Land surrounded by water on three sides

• A highly contagious illness with red spots