What does oracle mean?
Word: Oracle
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Oracle means a priest or priestess in ancient Greece through whom a god was believed to answer questions about the future. Today it can also mean a very wise person whose advice everyone trusts.
Synonyms: seer
How do you spell oracle?
Syllables: or - a - cle
Tricky part: Its last part is cle, said like kul. Orakle and oracal look right to many young spellers, but both are wrong.
Watch out for: orakle, oracal, oracel
Memory tip: Finish oracle with the oracle's promise, Can Look Ever-ahead: c, l, e.
Oracle in a sentence
Example 1: The king travelled for many days to hear what the oracle would say.
Example 2: In our family, Grandma is the oracle on old recipes.
Example 3: The myth tells of an oracle who spoke from a cave.
Fun Fact
The most famous oracle was at Delphi in Greece, where people travelled for days to ask a priestess called the Pythia about the future.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) ancient
b) oricle
c) wisdom
d) mysterious
Show answer
b) oricle. The middle vowel of oracle is a: or-a-cle.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
orracle
a) c
b) r
c) a
d) o
Show answer
b) r. Take out one r and orracle becomes oracle; the r is never doubled here.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word: oracle
a) farmer
b) jester
c) prophet
d) sailor
Show answer
c) prophet. Both an oracle and a prophet were believed to tell what would happen in the future.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
lacreo
a) article
b) oracle
c) coral
d) miracle
Show answer
b) oracle. Coral is one letter short, and miracle and article both need an i, so these six letters make oracle.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In the old Greek stories, a king who visited an oracle most likely wanted ____.
a) to learn what the future held
b) a new crown for his head
c) gold to build a palace
d) more horses for his stables
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a) to learn what the future held
2. If your classmates call you the oracle of maths, they think you ____.
a) know a lot about maths
b) dislike maths lessons
c) rarely do maths homework
d) are new to maths
Show answer
a) know a lot about maths
