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Context Clues/Vocabulary

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I'm in a quandary about which friend's birthday party to attend this weekend. Define quandary.

a)

Dilemma

b)

Surprise

c)

Anxiety

d)

Superiority

2.

The voracious team members ate one pizza each after the basketball game. Define voracious.

a)

Funny

b)

Satisfied

c)

Sleepy

d)

Starving

3.

The crowd waiting in line at Kohl's was an auspicious sign of future sales. Define auspicious.

a)

Horrible

b)

Inappropriate

c)

Arrogant

d)

Favorable

4.

The building was prodigious and took up a lot of space on the city block. Prodigious means:

a)

Impressively large

b)

Ornate and colorful

c)

Small and insignificant

d)

Ugly and broken

5.

Using context clues, what is the meaning of discern?

a)

Change

b)

Confuse

c)

Recognize

d)

Direct

6.

Using context clues, what is the meaning of aversive?

a)

Interesting

b)

Unpleasant

c)

Strange

d)

Normal

7.

We were lucky the guide was adept at steering our raft down the roaring river. Adept means:

a)

New

b)

Clumsy

c)

Ignorant

d)

Skillful

8.

The students dreaded the recurrence of homework over the weekend. Define recurrence.

a)

A desire for something hard to obtain.

b)

A way of thinking about something important.

c)

An instance of something happening again.

d)

An understanding of something previously unknown.

9.

Even a pacifier couldn't placate the crying infant after hours in her car seat. Define placate.

a)

Soothe

b)

Teach

c)

Protect

d)

Understand

10.

He was elated when he learned he got a full scholarship. Define elated.

a)

Disgusted

b)

Extremely happy

c)

Defiant

d)

Largely unsurprised

11.

He was very amiable when trying to help the new student find her class. Define amiable.

a)

Tricky or unhelpful

b)

Honest or truthful

c)

Friendly or pleasant

d)

Mean or rude

12.

She was great; her performance was impeccable. Impeccable means:

a)

Perfect, faultless

b)

Acclaimed

c)

Impossible

d)

Slow

13.

I vacillated between going on a family vacation or going to summer camp. Vacillated means:

a)

guessed

b)

predicted

c)

cried

d)

wavered

14.

He squandered his allowance on video games and junk food. Squandered means:

a)

To spend wastefully

b)

To save

c)

To build up

d)

To crave or want

15.

The eccentric old woman lived in a house that was anything but normal. Define eccentric.

a)

Average

b)

Regular

c)

Loving

d)

Odd/weird