Free Meaning from Context MCQs with Answers

337 Meaning from Context MCQs from English, each with the correct answer and a written explanation of why it is correct. Free and unlimited, with no account needed.

Meaning from context requires inferring an unfamiliar word or phrase from surrounding clues, including definitions, examples, contrasts, cause and effect, tone and grammatical role. The intended meaning may differ from a dictionary’s first meaning, so collocation, connotation and the sentence’s overall idea must be considered together.

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Moderate
  • A. obstinacy
  • B. determination
  • C. decision
  • D. obligation

Explanation: Determination is the firm resolve needed to continue following a diet. Obligation means duty, while decision refers to the choice itself…

Correct answer: determination
Moderate
  • A. outside
  • B. external
  • C. outlying
  • D. exterior

Explanation: External means located on or visible from the outside, so external injuries contrast with internal bleeding.

Correct answer: external
Moderate
  • A. Explosive
  • B. Excessive
  • C. Expressive
  • D. Extensive

Explanation: Excessive means more than is healthy or reasonable, which applies to unhealthy weight gain or loss.

Correct answer: Excessive
Easy
  • A. section
  • B. aspects
  • C. solutions
  • D. elements

Explanation: An element is a basic chemical substance, and water contains the elements hydrogen and oxygen.

Correct answer: elements
Moderate
  • A. moving
  • B. walking
  • C. patrolling
  • D. running

Explanation: Patrolling means moving around an area to maintain security or watch for trouble, which suits the army in troubled places.

Correct answer: patrolling
Hard
  • A. stressing
  • B. avoiding
  • C. devoting
  • D. decrying

Explanation: To stress a point is to give it repeated or special emphasis, so the speaker kept stressing one point.

Correct answer: stressing
Easy
  • A. sand
  • B. cement
  • C. soil
  • D. grass

Explanation: Cement is a binding building material used to fill and repair cracks or holes in walls.

Correct answer: cement
Fairly easy
  • A. disadvantaged
  • B. discouraged
  • C. disabled
  • D. despised

Explanation: The Paralympics is an international sporting competition for athletes with disabilities.

Correct answer: disabled
Moderate
  • A. archaic
  • B. contemporary
  • C. foreign
  • D. simultaneous

Explanation: Contemporary means modern or belonging to the present time, making it the natural contrast with traditional art forms.

Correct answer: contemporary
Moderate
  • A. exhibit
  • B. possess
  • C. impose
  • D. knowledge

Explanation: People possess power when that power exists within them, even if they are not fully aware of it.

Correct answer: possess
Fairly easy
  • A. hostility
  • B. violence
  • C. mischief
  • D. courtesy

Explanation: Mischief means troublesome or playful misbehaviour, so it fits the sister's conduct.

Correct answer: mischief
Easy
  • A. poachers
  • B. rangers
  • C. soldiers
  • D. villagers

Explanation: Poachers hunt or capture animals illegally, whereas rangers are generally responsible for protecting wildlife.

Correct answer: poachers
Fairly easy
  • A. provoked
  • B. alerted
  • C. aggressive
  • D. threatened

Explanation: Aggressive means ready to attack or behave violently, which fits animals reacting dangerously to humans.

Correct answer: aggressive
Moderate
  • A. spinster
  • B. bachelor
  • C. unmarried
  • D. single

Explanation: A spinster is an unmarried woman, especially one who has never married.

Correct answer: spinster
Moderate
  • A. intervened
  • B. innate
  • C. exacting
  • D. integral

Explanation: Integral means essential to the completeness of something, so the song cannot be removed without affecting the story.

Correct answer: integral
Moderate
  • A. have it in
  • B. have enough
  • C. make it in
  • D. made it

Explanation: The fixed expression is “make it in time,” meaning arrive or succeed before the deadline.

Correct answer: make it in
Fairly easy
  • A. asked
  • B. complained
  • C. question
  • D. informed

Explanation: People “complain to” an authority “about” someone’s misconduct. “Ask,” “question,” and “inform” do not express making an allegation…

Correct answer: complained
Moderate
  • A. track
  • B. touch
  • C. nib
  • D. trace

Explanation: To trace out a person is to locate or discover that person through investigation.

Correct answer: trace
Fairly easy
  • A. vaccant
  • B. abandon
  • C. impulse
  • D. remove

Explanation: Abandon means give up or leave a plan, so it fits a proposal that is no longer being pursued.

Correct answer: abandon
Moderate
  • A. expressive
  • B. articulate
  • C. eloquent
  • D. calm

Explanation: Eloquent describes speech that is fluent, powerful, and persuasive, matching its effect on the listeners.

Correct answer: eloquent