Vocabulary • Ch All - The Veldt • Context Clues

The data seems to indicate a positive trend.

 

What does the word 'indicate' mean?

• A person who tells stories through songs

• To show or point out something

• Confused or puzzled

• Something that doesn't change or stays the same

She was in a jovial mood after hearing good news from her friend.

 

What does the word 'jovial' mean?

• Happy and full of laughter and fun

• A medicine that makes you calm and sleepy

• A person who tells stories through songs

• Thinking or worrying about something a lot

She felt a twinge of pain in her lower back.

 

What does the word 'twinge' mean?

• A medicine that makes you calm and sleepy

• The ability to communicate without speaking

• Someone who worries a lot

• A sudden, sharp pain in your body

The sound of the rain was a constant presence throughout the night.

 

What does the word 'constant' mean?

• Something that doesn't change or stays the same

• A medicine that makes you calm and sleepy

• A sudden, sharp pain in your body

• To move back or go away

She gave me direct instructions on how to assemble the furniture.

 

What does the word 'direct' mean?

• To move back or go away

• To be treated unfairly because of beliefs

• To show or tell someone exactly what to do

• Terribly bad or shocking in a frightening way