Entry vocabulary diagnostic 1/3

Explain each word without looking it up. In section practice, also use it naturally in your own sentence.

1. apprehensive

Short prose inference; link: Dickens's 'solitary as an oyster' where applicable

Explain its meaning in your own words.

2. hesitant

Short prose inference; link: Dickens's 'solitary as an oyster' where applicable

Use it naturally in a sentence that reveals its meaning.

3. reluctant

Short prose inference; link: Dickens's 'solitary as an oyster' where applicable

Give a close synonym and explain the meaning.

4. solitary

A Christmas Carol, Scrooge: 'solitary as an oyster'

Explain its meaning and a possible connotation in reading.

5. furtive

Short prose inference; link: Dickens's 'solitary as an oyster' where applicable

Explain its meaning in your own words.

6. bewildered

Short prose inference; link: Dickens's 'solitary as an oyster' where applicable

Use it naturally in a sentence that reveals its meaning.

7. uneasy

Short prose inference; link: Dickens's 'solitary as an oyster' where applicable

Give a close synonym and explain the meaning.

8. tentative

Short prose inference; link: Dickens's 'solitary as an oyster' where applicable

Explain its meaning and a possible connotation in reading.

9. perplexed

Short prose inference; link: Dickens's 'solitary as an oyster' where applicable

Explain its meaning in your own words.

10. withdrawn

Short prose inference; link: Dickens's 'solitary as an oyster' where applicable

Use it naturally in a sentence that reveals its meaning.

11. connotation

Programme word-choice / effect tasks

Give a close synonym and explain the meaning.

12. implies

Word choice passages including 'snatched' and 'brittle'

Explain its meaning and a possible connotation in reading.

13. suggests

Word choice passages including 'snatched' and 'brittle'

Explain its meaning in your own words.

14. emphasises

Word choice passages including 'snatched' and 'brittle'

Use it naturally in a sentence that reveals its meaning.

15. evokes

Word choice passages including 'snatched' and 'brittle'

Give a close synonym and explain the meaning.

16. contrast

Word choice passages including 'snatched' and 'brittle'

Explain its meaning and a possible connotation in reading.

17. ambiguous

Word choice passages including 'snatched' and 'brittle'

Explain its meaning in your own words.

18. brittle

Programme 1B: 'thin and brittle'

Use it naturally in a sentence that reveals its meaning.

19. snatched

Programme 1B: 'snatched' contrasted with 'took'

Give a close synonym and explain the meaning.

20. ominous

Word choice passages including 'snatched' and 'brittle'

Explain its meaning and a possible connotation in reading.