Synonyms
Context Clue: Synonyms
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Sequence
100

The treasure chest was concealed under a tall rock. 

Which word is a synonym of concealed?

a. showing

b. hidden

c. seen

What is hidden. 

100

The day was so sweltering hot that Mom and I could hardly enjoy the beach. I went for a swim but started to perspire as soon as I left the water. Mom began to worry that I might be dehydrated, so I drank a bunch of water. Soon, we decided to go home. We could cool off in the shade of our dwelling.

What is the context clues for sweltering and it's definition?

a. day

b. hot

c. Mom 


What is hot. 

Sweltering means uncomfortably hot. 

100

What is almost the same meaning of flattened?

a. thin

b. even

c. smooth 

What is thin. 

100

When you mutter something, do you whisper to yourself or whisper to someone else?

What is whisper to yourself. 

100

Which of these events happened first?

a. The girls had to write an essay about why they wanted Queen Zelda to be their mother-in-law.

b. Queen Zelda hold a contest to see who can marry her son. 

c. The girls had to cook a feast. 

Who is Queen Zelda holds a contest to see who can marry her son. 

200

A good occupation for saving lives is being a firefighter. 

What is the synonym of occupation?

a. life

b. cheap

c. job

What is job. 

200

The day was so sweltering hot that Mom and I could hardly enjoy the beach. I went for a swim but started to perspire as soon as I left the water. Mom began to worry that I might be dehydrated, so I drank a bunch of water. Soon, we decided to go home. We could cool off in the shade of our dwelling.

What is the meaning of perspire?

a. sweat through your skin

b. get soaked at the beach

c. get upset 

What is sweat through your skin. 

200

Stale bread is not


a. bright 

b. clean

c. fresh

What is fresh.

200

What does brainstorm mean? 

Check student answers.

come up with ideas. 

200

What happened AFTER Paulina baked a pizza?

a. She won the contest

b. Her father gave up his throne

c. She couldn't sleep on the mattress. 

What is she won the contest. 

300

The pilot of the small plane met us on the runway

What is a synonym for runway?

a. landfill

b. landing field

c. landmine 

What is landing field 

300

The day was so sweltering hot that Mom and I could hardly enjoy the beach. I went for a swim but started to perspire as soon as I left the water. Mom began to worry that I might be dehydrated, so I drank a bunch of water. Soon, we decided to go home. We could cool off in the shade of our dwelling.

What is the meaning of dwelling? (look at context clues) 

What is home, place of residence, or house. 
300

What is the opposite of original?

a. new

b. fake

c. first 


What is fake. 

300

The man frantically searched for his watch. 

What does frantically mean in this sentence. 

The man searched wildly for his watch. 

300

 At the end of the story, Princess Paulina

a. still cared about being a princess in a castle.
b. no longer wanted to do the princess wave through town.
c. worried about having Queen Zelda for a stepmother.
d. still worried about having Queen Zelda for a motherin-law.


c. worried about having Queen Zelda for a stepmother. 

400

The woman was gracious towards the customer.

What does gracious mean?

a. joyous

b. polite

c. forgiving 

What is polite 

400

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