Context Clues #1

Match it! Select the correct answer from the pull down...Good luck!

Jan took one look at the hideous creature and ran away in disgust. Hideous means:

Our dog gnawed through the rope, allowing him to get loose and leave the backyard. Gnawed means?

Her mother called again, and she could hear the impatience in her voice downstairs. Impatience means?

A spider web may look flimsy, but spider silk is actually five times stronger than steel.

He snatched the chickens out of the yard and ran off with them! Snatched means?

My father told me that it would not be prudent to eat too much candy at one time. Now I wish I had listened.

Emily's mom sternly told her to finish practicing her piano, because she had taken long enough. Sternly means?

Jack was happy and astounded when he found out he won the MVP for the soccer season. Astounded means?