Improving Vocabulary with Word Parts and Context Clues Instruction
generation - theocracy - corporeal - credence -
generation - a group of people born at the same time theocracy - a country ruled by a religious leader corporeal - having a body credence - a belief that something is real
What is the most likely definition of the word predominant?
most widely used
What is the definition of parameters?
systems that control how things are done
Aristocratic: Incredulous: Contradiction: Regeneration:
Aristocratic: crat Incredulous: cred Contradiction: dict Regeneration: gen
Based on the sentence, what does the word opprobrium most likely mean?
criticism
Which word is a synonym for opprobrium?
disapproval
What is the definition of mendacious?
dishonest
Which type of context clue is used in the sentence?
examples
excavate - paleontologist - incredulous - anarchy - dormancy -
excavate - to take something out of the ground paleontologist - someone who studies fossils incredulous - not believing in something anarchy - a state of having no government dormancy - a state of sleep
