Tag Archives: context clues

Here is a context clues on the verb envision. It is used only transitively and means–as the context clues in the sentences in this document point towards–“to picture to oneself.”

And that is pretty much it–other than, perhaps, a mild argument that this is a word students should know before they graduate high school.

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Here is a context clues worksheet on the verb envisage, which is only used transitively–so don’t forget your direct object. The word itself means “to view or regard in a certain way,” and  “to have a mental picture of especially in advance of realization,” which are the definitions this worksheet’s context clues aim to elicit from students.

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The only thing that accounts for this context clues worksheet on the verb enamor in my folders is that it must have been the Word of the Day at Merriam-Webster at some point. My crowd does tend to use the word a good deal, but I can’t say with any certainty that it is a commonly used English word. You won’t be surprised to hear, owing to the presence of the Latinate root amor, that this verb means “to inflame with love — usually used in the passive with of “; less, well, passionately, enamor can also mean “to cause to feel a strong or excessive interest or fascination — usually used in the passive with of or with <baseball fans enamored of statistics>.”

In any case, it is used only transitively. Don’t forget your direct object, and nota bene, as above, that on generally uses of or with to precede the direct object of enamor.

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Here is a context clues worksheet on the verb entitle, which is used only transitively. The context clues in the sentences in this document guide students toward inferring a meaning of “to furnish with proper grounds for seeking or claiming something.”

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Alright, as I continue to clear some shelves in the data warehouse here at Mark’s Text Terminal, here is a context clues worksheet on the verb enumerate. This verb is only used transitively, so don’t forget your direct object, and means “to ascertain the number of, “count,” “to specify one after another,” and “list.”

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Here is a context clues worksheet on the verb emanate. It is used both intransitively and transitively; it means respectively (intransitively and transitively, that is), “to come out from a source <a sweet scent emanating from the blossoms>” and “emit <she seems to ~ an air of serenity>.” This is still a word in relatively common use. It’s hard to imagine a reason why high school graduates should not be in possession of this word and its meaning.

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Starting out this already warm Wednesday morning, here is a context clues worksheet on the adjective effusive. This is a useful, but to my ear little-used, word, which is too bad. It means, especially for the purposes of the context clues on this worksheet, “marked by the expression of great or excessive emotion or enthusiasm.”

Maybe people just don’t effuse anymore. And that is too bad as well.

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