Context Clues Flashcards
Dawn was a(n) ______________ enough painter to be accepted into the art conservatory.
Proficient
It seems ______________ that love brought about death for Romeo and Juliet rather than happiness.
Ironic
The lion was known to attack its keeper at the slightest _______________.
Provocation
Starbuck expressed his ___________ to Captain Ahab because of the captain’s madness in pursuing the great whale, Mobu Dick; but, his admonition was of no avail.
Exasperation
Othello’s behavior toward his wife, Desdemona, was a(n) _____________ to all but the villain, Iago.
Enigma
The prominent lawyer’s brilliant _____________ of the seemingly formidable evidence astounded everyone in court.
Refutation
After a great deal of _____________, the woman realized her propensity to worry too much.
Introspection
Hitler’s ______________ for all but the German race led to his insensate slaughter of millions of Jews.
Repugnance
In order to avoid future __________________, the manager announced new office policies.
Dissension
Have a proper self-respect and think less of what others think of you, and it will aid you to overcome ____________, and help you to self-possession and self- reliance.
-New Dictionary of Thoughts
Diffidence
The Pharisees, asserting their own ___________ over biblical principles, prompted the statement in Mark 7:9: “Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.”
Dogma
Friedrich Nietzsche’s obssessive efforts to _______________ Christianity were not successful.
Disparage
A self-denial, no less ___________ than the saint’s, is demanded of the scholar.
-Emerson
Austere
The ________________ of the catacombs was for the Christians a refuge from Roman persecution.
Labyrinth
It is ___________ to think that you will be able to drive three hundred miles in two hours.
Preposterous
