Vocabulary: Context Clues

Front

Definition of 'appalled':

Back

Disgusted

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Front

Definition of 'frugal': Unlike my frugal mother, I don't shop at sales or clip coupons.

Back

Thrifty

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Front

Definition of 'accolades': Received from parents for good grades.

Back

Praise

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Front

Jorge decided to sever his friendship with his rude neighbor. Meaning of sever?

Back

separate

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Front

The lost campers sweltered in the desert sun.

Back

burned

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Front

Definition of 'deferred': Grace postponed her vacation to achieve more at work.

Back

Delayed

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Front

Factors that make bees vulnerable allow diseases and pests to harm them. Vulnerable means able to be-

Back

hurt

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Front

Mrs. Carlson's explanations were considered unfathomable.

Back

hard to understand

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Front

Lindsey observed visitors at the Vietnam Memorial were quiet and reverential. Which word is not a synonym for 'reverential'?

Back

impolite

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Front

Clue word similar to 'potential': stresses, possible, modified, suggested.

Back

possible

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C