Lesson comets Context Clues

b Vocabulary

bizarre	assortment	compile
dispelled	captivating	within
general	fortunately	primarily
further	fond	origin

1. There is an _______________ of drinks on the table. Choose the one you want.

2. This book has a __________________ story. I don't think you'll be able to put it down.
3. She likes to ________________ a list of things she needs before she goes shopping.
4. You can do many different things with a __________________ purpose tool.
5. After his accident, he started doing ____________________ things like singing on the train and throwing things at people.
6. There was a fire at the school, but _______________ no children were there at the time.
7. What is the _______________ of the word comet?
8. He said he would be here __________ _____________ an hour, but it has already been an hour and 20 minutes and he's still not here.
9. Weather satellites are used ________ _______________ for collecting information about the weather.
10. He's ________________ of all his grandchildren, but I think he likes Sylvia best.
11. By coming to the meeting, the president __________________ reports that he was very sick.
12. After they completed the first part of the test, the students needed __________ _________ instruction.


Vocabulary Review: Definitions
Match the words with their definitions.

____	1. livestock	a. baked at a high temperature
____	2. off-limits	b. a perfect place
____	3. fired	c. a period of time with very little rain
____	4. adapt	d. farm animals such as cattle and chickens
____	5. millennia	e. existing in great amounts
____	6. utopia	f. something you can't get rid of
____	7. drought	g. the number of years something lives
____	8. commercial	h. bring back to life
____	9. abundant	i. change in order to survive
____	10. lifespan	j. thousands of years k. not available; forbidden l. money-making