What type of context clue that provides the meaning of unfamiliar words that can be inferred or guessed from the description of the situation?

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

What type of context clue that provides the synonyms of words to give the meaning of unfamiliar words?

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

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

My friends and I spent the first school day in tents. These were only temporary. We would be in a more permanent place once the buildings were rebuilt. Despite the _______ around us, people went about picking up their lives.

As a country in the Pacific Ring of Fire, the Philippines always experiences different natural calamities such as typhoons, earthquakes, and tsunamis.

What type of context clue is used in the sentence?

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

Define voracious.

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

Define wretched.

Emily is going to get her vision tested because she can't see the board at school. What does vision probably mean?

Alex was excited by the tremendous monster trucks at the show. They were bigger than he had ever seen.

What does tremendous probably mean?

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?

Janelle had a sore calf after the race. She rubbed her leg from the knee to the ankle.

What does calf probably mean?

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

What does rage probably mean?

That movie was really humorous. I laughed so hard I was almost crying.

What does humorous probably mean?

The successful man earned his millions through deceit and chicanery.

Define chicanery.

The spy travelled incognito into enemy territory.

Define incognito.

Unlike his sister Cattie, who had a very calm and mellow disposition, John jumped on sofas and ran through the house like an animal.

Due to scarcity of food in her territory, the mother lioness had to roam far from safe ground to find a meal for her child.

When John saw his report card, he was excited because he had all A's and A- in Biology; but when his fastidious mother saw his report card, she shook her head in disappointment.

When Jana noticed her daughter Kylie starring at herself and posing in every reflection they passed, Jana worried that Kylie was growing a bit conceited.

After weeks of avoiding him, Annie finally found the courage to tell David that she wasn't interested in him; and even though David heartbroken, he appreciated her candor.

The children in the orphanage might have starved had it not been for the benevolence of the nuns, who sacrificed their own small salaries to provide food for the children.

Jayden wanted to play football with the other kids but with his horrible deficiencies in coordination, he couldn't catch or throw the ball.

Even though peace between the two formerly warring nations had been established for years now, the soldier still woke cold from dreams of battle.

I wanted to set the table and be done with it, but my mother scrupulously arranged each napkin, dish, and utensil until they were in perfect arrangement.

Emery tried to determine the meaning of the vocabulary word, but there were so few clues in the sentence all he could do was hopelessly conjecture as to what the word might mean.

Context Clues:

After getting caught in the rain, I came home drenched.

Context Clues:

This recipe has many ingredients and rules. It is complex.

The fifty pound pumpkin was giant in size.

Context Clues:

The woman looked attractive in her dress and shoes, everyone made comments about how lovely she looked.

Mary becomes irritated quickly when people tease her because she does not like it.

Whenever Meg watches the movie TRAIN TO BUSAN, she becomes afraid of everything.

The new student on our kickball team is a novice because they are just learning to play.

It is tragic when someone gets hurt in a car accident.

Beverages such as juice, water, and soda will be provided at the party.

What does the underlined word mean?

You must eat nutritious foods like fruits and vegetables to stay healthy.

What does the underlined word mean?

My desk was messy and disorganized this morning, but now it is spotless.

Whatd does the underlined word mean?

Unlike Jack, who is polite, Alex was rude and bad-mannered.

What does the underlined word mean?

The wooden toy looks fragile. However, it is sturdy and strong.

What does the underlined word mean?

Uncle Ross is hilarious. We can't stop laughing at all his jokes and stories.

The tiger, protecting her cub, snarled, spit, and bared her teeth at the zookeeper.

What does bared mean?

Octopuses have no bones which makes them very flexible. They sometimes squeeze their bodies into empty bottles, cans, and even coconut shells.

What does flexible mean?

The chili cook-off is held annually in May. Mother tries new recipes all year long, hoping to find one that could be a winner.

What does the word annually mean?

"Can you locate San Antonio Village Elementary School?" my teacher asked pointing to the map. The word locate means...