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WorksheetsContext Clues/Vocabulary
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
I'm in a quandary about which friend's birthday party to attend this weekend. Define quandary.
Dilemma
Surprise
Anxiety
Superiority
The voracious team members ate one pizza each after the basketball game. Define voracious.
Funny
Satisfied
Sleepy
Starving
The crowd waiting in line at Kohl's was an auspicious sign of future sales. Define auspicious.
Horrible
Inappropriate
Arrogant
Favorable
The building was prodigious and took up a lot of space on the city block. Prodigious means:
Impressively large
Ornate and colorful
Small and insignificant
Ugly and broken
Using context clues, what is the meaning of discern?
Change
Confuse
Recognize
Direct
Using context clues, what is the meaning of aversive?
Interesting
Unpleasant
Strange
Normal
We were lucky the guide was adept at steering our raft down the roaring river. Adept means:
New
Clumsy
Ignorant
Skillful
The students dreaded the recurrence of homework over the weekend. Define recurrence.
A desire for something hard to obtain.
A way of thinking about something important.
An instance of something happening again.
An understanding of something previously unknown.
Even a pacifier couldn't placate the crying infant after hours in her car seat. Define placate.
Soothe
Teach
Protect
Understand
He was elated when he learned he got a full scholarship. Define elated.
Disgusted
Extremely happy
Defiant
Largely unsurprised
He was very amiable when trying to help the new student find her class. Define amiable.
Tricky or unhelpful
Honest or truthful
Friendly or pleasant
Mean or rude
She was great; her performance was impeccable. Impeccable means:
Perfect, faultless
Acclaimed
Impossible
Slow
I vacillated between going on a family vacation or going to summer camp. Vacillated means:
guessed
predicted
cried
wavered
He squandered his allowance on video games and junk food. Squandered means:
To spend wastefully
To save
To build up
To crave or want
The eccentric old woman lived in a house that was anything but normal. Define eccentric.
Average
Regular
Loving
Odd/weird
