Test your vocabulary skills with this context clue quiz worksheet, designed to enhance your ability to decipher word meanings from surrounding text.

What does 'amass' mean based on the sentence provided?
By making his lunches and saving his lunch money, Alex was able to amass enough to pay for his first semester of college.


What does 'audacious' mean based on the sentence provided?
Kirstin was so audacious as to take the pen out of the businessman's pocket and begin writing the check for him.


What does 'contemplate' mean based on the sentence provided?
I am disappointed, but I have nothing more to say. I will leave you to contemplate how your mother will react to this news


What does 'immunity' mean based on the sentence provided?
 Though all of the other children had either a cold, a flu, or both, Robert had developed an immunity to these illnesses and his play was unaffected


What does 'shun' mean based on the sentence provided?
 Brian thought that parties were a waste of time, money, and energy, so he shunned these social events.


What does 'contradict' mean based on the sentence provided?
Benjamin felt conflicted because the things he learned in science class contradicted what his momma had taught him on the swamp. 


What does 'suppressed' mean based on the sentence provided?
No matter how much Jerome felt like telling off the cranky lady, he knew he needed to keep this job so he suppressed the urge. 


What does 'interval' mean based on the sentence provided?
The period between when I graduated from a college and found employment is an interval that I do not remember so fondly.



What does 'omission' mean based on the sentence provided?
Bobby told Suzy that he went to the party, but not that he went to the party with Brenda. Suzy is upset about this omission.



What does 'conspicuous' mean based on the sentence provided?
The teacher doesn't mind if you chew gum or have a small snack, so long as you are not conspicuous with your consumption. If you put a bag of chips on your desk and start sharing them with everyone, he's going to take your chips.


What does 'guile' mean based on the sentence provided?
The sly fox showed his guile when he tricked the sparrow into drinking from the birdbath and then smashed him with a giant log.


What does 'adoration' mean based on the sentence provided?
 The movie star enjoyed the adoration of his millions of fans, but he also missed the days when he could just go to a neighborhood spot and get a burger without being encircled by a mob. 


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