One Sentence Context Clues | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

Ignorant: Bob never realized how IGNORANT he had been about cooking until he lived alone and had no idea how to make his meals

not knowing

smart

hungry

Straggle: Vinnie thought that the run would be so easy, but after he got about 1 mile into it, he started to STRAGGLE behind all the other runners.

get behind

speed up

give up

Haste: We can still make it to the movie on time if we make HASTE!

speed

slow down

forget it

Substantial: After receiving the smallest piece of pizza at the party, Kevin was disappointed. He had hoped for a more SUBSTANTIAL piece.

bigger

smaller

tasty

Wretched: Alice woke up feeling WRETCHED. She was covered with sweat and had a bad headache.

horrible

fine

happy

Gradual: Alice was not happy learning French in such a GRADUAL way. She wanted to learn it all immediately.

slow

fast

difficult

Bewilder: John was BEWILDERED when he saw the math teacher writing letters on the board that were to be added and multiplied. Aren't we in math class?

confused

smart

hungry

Impatient: After waiting hours for his call for two nights in a row, Carol grew IMPATIENT with Jack and decided that she would call him first

not wanting to wait

curious

smart

Severe: Most people feared the king because his rulings were final and his punishments were painful and SEVERE.

strong

weak

colorful

Native: Although most of the students came from different countries, Mark was a NATIVE of the town, born and raised

local

foreigner

smart

Absurd: Bob thought that Jose's ideas about their substitute teacher being an alien were ABSURD

ridiculous

correct

important

Dreary: The kids wanted to go to the park today, but it was raining, dark and just an overall DREARY day.

dull

bright

sunny

Haughty: Megan did not like the new girl because she was rich, HAUGHTY and kept her nose in the air like she was better than everyone.

stuck up

dirty

friendly

Enormous: After taking the test, Frank felt as though an ENORMOUS amount of work had been finished.

huge

small

easy

Conclude: After finding crumbs all over Spot's bed, mom CONCLUDED that the dog had eaten all the cookies.

understood

saw

walked

Quarrel: Max was sick of QUARRELING with his wife about money when all he wanted was to enjoy her company.

fighting

singing

eating

Singe: The iron was so hot that Martha SINGED her shirt while ironing it.

burnt

dirtied

folded

Remedy: The richest man in town was losing his hearing and he offered a large reward to anyone could find a REMEDY for his condition

fix

bandaid

door

Unpleasant: Brian felt that Ms Golding was much more UNPLEASANT than usual and he suspected that she did not have her coffee this morning.

not happy

smiling

happy

Murmur: On the way to her room after just having been grounded, Tom MURMURED something under his breath.

whispered

yelled

looked at

Brilliant: Vince had to put his sunglasses on because the rays of the sun were so BRILLIANT.

bright

rainy

dark

Observe: The teacher stopped the students after she OBSERVED them running in the hall.

saw

yelled

jumped

Fortunate: Because he had such good friends and family, Malcolm considered himself FORTUNATE in life.

blessed

upset

hungry

Content: While others eat eggs, pancakes and bacon for breakfast, Mike was CONTENTwith a piece of toast and a glass of orange juice.

satisfied

disgusted

scared

Discard: Dad had no need for the broken air conditioner, so he DISCARDED it on the corner by the trash

threw it out

ate

folded

Outcast: If a wolf refuses to help its pack hunt, it becomes an OUTCAST and must go on alone.

reject

friend

rabbit

Peculiar: Since it was a school day, she thought it was PECULIAR that she saw no children on the street during her drive to work

odd

nice

normal

Coax: After the bird escaped, Chris tried to COAX it back into the cage with treats.

guide

hold

forget

CONSUME: John was so hungry that he CONSUMED the muffin and went back for a second.

ate

cooked

threw away

Obedient: Unlike her older brother Jerome, who stayed out all hours of the night, Kate OBEDIENTLY followed the curfew her parents set.

respectfully

unruly

sleepily

Confiscate: Joanne's mother came up to the school to get the cell phone the teacher had CONFISCATED

taken

used

charged