Vocabulary • Ch All - The Hitchhikers • Context Clues

The music stopped abruptly, leaving the audience in shock.

 

What does the word 'abrupt' mean?

• Word: Abrupt Meaning: Something happening suddenly without warning or expectation

• To happen again, often repeatedly

• A saying that teaches a lesson

• A person who wanders from place to place

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

The complex instructions bewildered the new employee.

 

What does the word 'bewilder' mean?

• To confuse or puzzle someone completely

• The person who owns something

• A disagreement or fight between people

• Not secure or safe

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

There was a commotion in the crowd after the concert ended.

 

What does the word 'commotion' mean?

• A noisy disturbance or uproar

• A disagreement or fight between people

• To ask or beg for something

• To happen again, often repeatedly

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

She liked to sit alone and ponder the mysteries of the universe.

 

What does the word 'ponder' mean?

• A noisy disturbance or uproar

• Not secure or safe

• To think deeply or carefully about something

• To trust and tell secrets to someone

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

The same issue seems to recur every year.

 

What does the word 'recur' mean?

• To happen again, often repeatedly

• A document that summarizes your work experience

• To think deeply or carefully about something

• Not able to be determined or known

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4