Context Clues Words

If you gaze long enough at that picture of an old woman, she will seem to turn into a young woman.

What does gaze probably mean?

• throw things

• look

• shout

• listen

My father went into a rage when I told him about the broken lamp.

What does rage probably mean?

• lamp store

• sorrow

• anger

• lecture

What does humorous probably mean?

• boring

• funny

• scary

• sad

I returned to school soon after the war was over. The entire place, where the school used to be, was in _____.

• opportunity

• devastation

• necessary

• unbroken

The director felt remorse, or shame, for hiring some incompetent employees.

What other words from the sentence that give synonyms to the underlined word?

• director

• shame

• hiring

• incompetent

Jonathan is gregarious, unlike his shy brother. What word in the sentence that gives the antonym of the underlined word?

The voracious team members ate one pizza each after the swim meet.

Define voracious.

• funny

• satisfied

• starving

• sleepy

We left the campsite after spending wretched night in torrential rain.

Define wretched.

• sorrowful

• comfortable

• suspenseful

• miserable

When you are reading and come to an unknown word, what should you do first?

• Look for clues in the text

• Skip it and keep reading

• Look it up in a dictionary

• Ask the teacher what it means

Based on the clues in the passage below, ecstatic means...

They were ecstatic at the birth of their baby. They couldn't stop smiling for days.

• nervous

• watchful

• discouraged

• excited