Vocabulary Practice Using Context Clues

What is the definition of the highlighted word?
The teacher was appalled, or disgusted, by the honey-covered homework the student turned in. 

• Pleased
• Surprised
• Frustrated
• Disgusted

What is the definition of the highlighted word?
Unlike my frugal mother, I don't bother shopping at sales or clipping coupons.  

• Careful 
• Thrifty
• Careless
• Wasteful

What is the definition of the highlighted word?
Like the winners at the Oscars, I received accolades from my parents for my good grades. 

• Rejection
• Shock
• Disapproval 
• Praise

Jorge decided to sever his friendship with his rude neighbor. What is the meaning of sever?

• confirm
• serve
• clean
• separate

The lost campers sweltered in the heat of the desert sun.

• ate
• burned 
• slept 
• sunbathed

What is the definition of the highlighted word?
Since Grace deferred her vacation, she was able to accomplish more at work first. 

• Expedited
• Cancelled
• Delayed
• Advanced

These could make bees vulnerable so that diseases and pests can harm them more easily. Someone who is vulnerable is able to be-

• hurt
• modified
• ruled out
• recognnized

Mrs. Carlson thought her explanations were clear and concise, but everyone found them to be unfathomable. 

• hard to understand
• easy to laugh at
• hard to believe
• easy to listen to

When she visited the Vietnam Memorial in Washington D.C., Lindsey noticed that her fellow visitors were very quiet and reverential. 
Which word is not a synonym for the word reverential?

• respectful
• solemn
• admiring
• impolite

Other potential causes are stresses, such as poor environmental conditions or lack of proper nutrition. What clue word means almost the same as potential?

• stresses
• possible
• modified
• suggested