Vocabulary • Ch 21 - Tuck Everlasting • Context Clues

The sound of ocean waves soothed her troubled mind.

 

What does the word 'soothed' mean?

• Something very valuable or important

• Making random sounds before speaking clearly

• Beating or throbbing in a rhythmic pattern

• To make someone feel calm and relaxed

The toddler was babbling excitedly at the sight of her favorite toy.

 

What does the word 'babbling' mean?

• To bend down low with knees bent

• Having a strong, unpleasant smell or taste

• Making random sounds before speaking clearly

• Not giving up easily, demanding attention or action

She waited anxiously for the test results.

 

What does the word 'anxiously' mean?

• Feeling worried or nervous about something

• An easy and obvious decision or solution

• To bend down low with knees bent

• Making random sounds before speaking clearly

She held onto the precious heirloom tightly, afraid to let it out of her sight.

 

What does the word 'precious' mean?

• Something very valuable or important

• Feeling worried or nervous about something

• To beat or pulse with pain

• To make someone feel calm and relaxed

She was insistent on having her way.

 

What does the word 'insistent' mean?

• Feeling worried or nervous about something

• Something very valuable or important

• To beat or pulse with pain

• Not giving up easily, demanding attention or action

Her head throbbed with pain from the intense migraine.

 

What does the word 'throbbed' mean?

• Feeling worried or nervous about something

• Having a strong, unpleasant smell or taste

• To beat or pulse with pain

• Not giving up easily, demanding attention or action

The music at the club was pulsing through the speakers.

 

What does the word 'pulsing' mean?

• Not giving up easily, demanding attention or action

• To beat or pulse with pain

• Beating or throbbing in a rhythmic pattern

• Something very valuable or important

The cat crouched low in the grass, waiting to pounce on its prey.

 

What does the word 'crouched' mean?

• To bend down low with knees bent

• Feeling worried or nervous about something

• Making random sounds before speaking clearly

• Beating or throbbing in a rhythmic pattern

The acrid smell of burning rubber filled the room.

 

What does the word 'acrid' mean?

• Beating or throbbing in a rhythmic pattern

• Not giving up easily, demanding attention or action

• Feeling worried or nervous about something

• Having a strong, unpleasant smell or taste

The evidence presented in court made it an open-and-shut case.

 

What does the word 'open-and-shut' mean?

• To make someone feel calm and relaxed

• Not giving up easily, demanding attention or action

• To bend down low with knees bent

• An easy and obvious decision or solution