Synonymwords that have similar meanings

nice kind sweet pleasant

slender thin skinny

Antonymwords that have opposite meanings

nice mean

hot cold

skinny fat

Homonymwords that sound similar but are different words both

in structure and meaning

weather whether

flour flower

to

too

two

they’re

their

there

Vocabulary in Context

Context- within the text; The part of a text or

statement that surrounds a particular word or passage

and determines its meaning.

Sometimes we can look in a sentence to determine a word’s meaning by looking at how it is used. This is what is meant by using “context clues”

Example Clues

Nocturnal creatures, such as bats and owls, have

highly developed senses that enable them to function

in the dark.

A bat or owl is an example of a nocturnal creature so

nocturnal must mean______________________?

Nocturnal creatures, such as bats and owls, have

highly developed senses that enable them to function

in the dark.

Synonym Clues

Fresh garlic may not enhance the breath, but it

certainly does improve spaghetti sauce.

Fresh garlic may not enhance the breath, but it

certainly does improve spaghetti sauce.

Fresh garlic

enhances breath

Fresh garlic

improves spaghetti

sauce

Antonym Clues

Many politicians do not give succinct answers. They

prefer long ones that will help them avoid the point.

Many politicians do not give succinct answers. They

prefer long ones that will help them avoid the point.

What is the opposite of long?

So politicians give short answers or succinct

General Sense of the Sentence or Passage

A former employee irate over having been fired, broke

into the plant and deliberately wrecked several of the

machines.

How would feel after being fired?

What would be the mood of someone who is wrecking

machines?