WordSentenceDefinition based on context clues unsullied Alaska has long been a magnet for dreamers and misfits, people who think the unsullied enormity

Word Sentence Definition based on context clues

unsulliedAlaska has long been a magnet for dreamers and misfits, people who think the unsullied enormity of the Last Frontier will patch all the holes in their lives.

infallibilityThere was a hint in it of laughter, but of a laughter more terrible than any sadness—a laughter that was mirthless as the smile of the Sphinx, a laughter cold as the frost and partaking of the grimness of infallibility.

derelictA vintage International Harvester from the 1940s, the derelict vehicle is located twenty-five miles west of Healy as the raven flies, rusting incongruously in the fireweed beside the Stampede Trail, just beyond the boundary of Denali National Park.

contumaciousThompson, Samel, and Swanson, however, are contumacious Alaskans with a special fondness for driving motor vehicles where motor vehicles aren’t really designed to be driven

estrangedIf McCandless felt estranged from his parents and siblings, he found a surrogate family in Westerberg and his employees, most of whom lived in Westerberg's Carthage home.

altruistic The latter is a reference to Tolstoy’s protagonist and alter ego, Pierre Bezuhov— altruistic, questing, illegitimately born.

onerous He had spent the previous four years, as he saw it, preparing to fulfill an absurd and onerous duty: to graduate from college.

unbridledThis lower stretch of the river, from Hoover Dam to the gulf, has little in common with the unbridled torrent that explodes through the Grand Canyon, some 250 miles upstream from Topock.

anachronistic On January 4, 1993, this writer received an unusual letter, penned in a shaky, anachronistic script that suggested an elderly author.

primordial The dominant primordial beast was strong in Buck, and under the fierce conditions of trail life it grew and grew

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Directions: Read each sentence. Underline the context clues in each sentence. Using the context clues, determine the definition of the italicized vocabulary words.

WordPart of Speech

Definition Picture Clue

unsullied

Adj. spotlessly clean and fresh

infallibility

Noun the quality of never making an error

derelict

Adj. in deplorable condition

contumacious

Adj. willfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient

estranged

Adj. caused to be unloved; alienated

altruistic

Adj. showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others

onerousAdj. not easily borne; wearing

unbridled

Adj. not restrained or controlled

anachronistic

Adj. chronologically misplaced

primordial

Adj. having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state



Directions: Create or find a picture clue for each word that will help you to visualize the definition.

WordPart of Speech

Sentence Using The Word

unsullied

Adj.

infallibility

Noun

derelict

Adj.

contumacious

Adj.

estranged

Adj.

altruistic

Adj.

onerous

Adj.

unbridled

Adj.

anachronistic

Adj.

primordial

Adj.



Directions: Create a sentence properly using the vocabulary word.





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WordSentenceDefinition based on context clues unsullied Alaska has long been a magnet for dreamers and misfits, people who think the unsullied enormity