WordlyWise Lesson 7, Week 2

• Read the following sentences in order to predict the definition of the missing word using context clues.

• Highlight the clues that led you to that definition.

WordlyWise 7, week 2Word Prediction

1. The __________ of the holiday party must have been too loud because the police showed up about a noise complaint from the neighbors.

WordlyWise 7, week 2Word Prediction

2. My parents thought I was impetuous, deciding to move to Colorado on a __________ rather than planning it out and thinking realistically about it before deciding.

WordlyWise 7, week 2 Word Prediction

3. Sometimes, laying in bed reflecting on my life, I can’t help but __________ its meaning in the grand scheme of things, and wonder how things could be different if I had made different decisions.

WordlyWise 7, week 2 Word Prediction

4. I have never had the __________ of meeting the president, but I imagine it must be quite an honor.

WordlyWise 7, week 2 Word Prediction

5. Imagine the ___________ of the young girl to stand up to her teacher and tell him that his blatant favoritism of the boys was completely unfair; it must have taken a great deal of courage to do so.

WordlyWise 7, week 2 Word Prediction

6. When I visited Williamsburg over Thanksgiving, it was quite a sight to see them __________ the feathers off the turkey by hand like the early pilgrims must have before machines were invented to do it for us.

WordlyWise 7, week 2 Word Prediction

7. After Manny Pacquian’s punch knocked him out, the challenger lay __________ on the mat, unconscious of the ref counting him out.

WordlyWise 7, week 2 Word Prediction

8. The __________ the disciples felt when Jesus appeared to them after his Resurrection must have been tremendous: tears of joy streaming from their faces, some laying prostrate at his feet overcome with the great joy they must have felt reunited with their Lord and Savior.