The teacher was appalled, or disgusted, by the honey-covered homework the student turned in. 
Based on the context clues, what is meaning of appalled?

"Voldemort was a malevolent force in the world -- cruel, violent, and evil."
In this sentence, the reader can define the word "malevolent" through the use of:

His emaciation, that is, his skeleton-like appearance, was frightening to see. 
Using the definition clue, what does emaciation mean?

Based on the sentence, what is the definition of jovial?
 
Grandpa was in a jovial mood, making jokes and laughing at everything his grandchildren said. 

The wooded slope was precipitous—a vertical cliff—and hard to climb.
What does precipitous means in the above sentence?

Like my frugal, or rather cheap, mother, my aunt only shops at discount stores.
  
What is the synonym for frugal in the above sentence?

The factory supervisor demanded a detailed scrutiny of the records, that is he wanted a careful and critical summary of all of the orders processed each day.
In the above sentence, scrutiny most closely means?

At the meeting, Senator Smith launched into his usual harangue, an endless lecture on the frightful condition of the economy. 
Using clues from the sentence above, harangue, what does meas?

When Ms. Coleman gets hold of an idea, she is tenacious, never weak and changing. 

Tenacious means persistent. Which clue is in the sentence to help the reader define tenacious.