Context Clues

The generous people fed the emaciated lost dog.

• fierce

• calm

• thin

• lost

She invariably leaves her homework at home and must turn it in late.

• purposefully

• hated

• happily

• always

The mother bathed the baby in the tepid water.

• lukewarm

• hot

• muddy

• cold

Ladies, please stop the name calling. There is no reason to act uncivil.

• rude

• crazy

• tired

• outgrabe

Jane got it into her mind that she could get out of studying for any test just by feigning illness the night before the exam.

• becoming

• sleeping

• galumphing

• faking

The music teacher had difficulty tolerating the discordant noises produced by her kindergarten class.

• clashing

• pleasant

• silent

• impolite

The dogs were so hungry that they would have fought one another for a morsel of meat.

• crumb

• ton

• tove

• torch

John had seen horror movies before, but when he saw Zombies on the Boat, he was so appalled by the violence that he wrote the newspapers warning parents not to allow their children to see this movie.

• proud

• outraged

• gimbled

• stoked

It is difficult to forgive someone who has hurt you, even if that person is penitent and expresses regret for their decisions.

• manxome

• apologetic

• happy

• sly

The lady decided it was tea time and so, by jingling a tiny silver bell, she beckoned her servants to attend.

• ate

• shunned

• pushed

• called