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WorksheetsVocabulary Unit 4 Context Clues Practice
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
When a narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of ALL the characters, we call the point-of-view THIRD PERSON...
nonchalant
omniscient
scrupulous
venial
A doctor who takes bribes and kick-backs from pharmaceutical companies is a doctor who is not ______.
nonchalant
omniscient
scrupulous
venial
Often, judges who deem the crimes ____ will hand out community service assignments instead of jail time because they believe that the offense was not that serious.
nonchalant
omniscient
scrupulous
venial
Celebrities often act with a ______ manner in front of their fans because they don't want to show how excited they are about their fame.
nonchalant
omniscient
scrupulous
venial
Spreading gossip is a ______ and nasty habit. It hurts the person who is the subject of the gossip, and it is cravenly of you to gossip because you wouldn't say it in front of the person.
malevolent
invulnerable
supercilious
uncanny
Your ability to guess what I am thinking about at any given time is quite _______!
malevolent
invulnerable
supercilious
uncanny
The medical community does not say that the vaccine will make you _______ to the COVID virus, but they do believe that it will give you a better chance at avoiding life threatening symptoms.
malevolent
invulnerable
supercilious
uncanny
When I entered the Louis Vuitton store, the ______ store attendant wouldn't even help me, just because I was wearing jeans and a hoodie! What prejudice!
malevolent
invulnerable
supercilious
uncanny
My mother-in-law thinks that praying is the ______ to all her financial problems when in fact, she should actually be spending less and saving more to pay off her debt.
panacea
skulk
venial
malevolent
When my son Jacob starts to _____ behind the door and make the floorboards creak in the hallways, my dog Margaux will perk up and start barking. Good dog!
panacea
skulk
venial
malevolent
Al Capone was a famous mob boss ____with the Prohibition era gang Chicago Outfit.
affiliated
cogent
finite
irrelevant
Al Capone was a famous mob boss ____with the Prohibition era gang Chicago Outfit.
affiliated
cogent
finite
irrelevant
The reason why scientists are frantically developing renewable sources of energy is because coal and oil are ____ resources that will soon be depleted at the rate we consume them.
affiliated
cogent
finite
irrelevant
The reason why scientists are frantically developing renewable sources of energy is because coal and oil are ____ resources that will soon be depleted at the rate we consume them.
affiliated
cogent
finite
irrelevant
We need to ____the will cost to remodel our kitchen.
dispel
efface
converge
ascertain
The fact that students from all classes ____ in the Interdisciplinary Hallway, thereby creating a bottleneck effect, makes it difficult for anyone to get to class on time.
dispel
efface
converge
ascertain
Because I could not ______ the damage on the box of the vintage Marvel toy, I had to sell the item "as-is" and lower the selling price of the collectible.
dispel
efface
converge
ascertain
This comprehensive report should _____ any doubts you have about the investigation.
dispel
efface
converge
ascertain
In addition to his abilities as a leader, Abraham Lincoln was a man of high literacy _____.
esteem
attainment
bequeath
finite
TRUE STORY (source: www.abcnews.com)
A wealthy widow of an Italian property tycoon _____a $13 million fortune to her 4-year-old stray cat that had been rescued from the streets of Rome.
bequeathed
converged
ascertained
dispelled
A group of legal scholars held a press conference to present a ____ plea for reform of the state's prison system.
affiliated
cogent
finite
irrelevant
