Sexting Vocabulary

Using context clues, figure out the meaning of the vocabulary word in the sentence.

Write the word and definition (written in black) in the vocabulary section of your folder.

peril

• Hunt sent Eicher something on his cell phone that suddenly put their futures in peril

• Danger

exposing

• There was a photo of a girl in their class exposing a breast.

• showing

seized

• They seized Hunt's phone.• took

allegedly

• She had allegedly posed for the shot.• Not proven, supposedly

unsolicited

• The fact that both boys had received the picture unsolicited didn’t matter.

• Not requested

trafficking

• Four other boys who had received the photo were charged with trafficking in child pornography.

• Trading; buying and selling

provocative

• A recent national survey found that one in five teens have sent or posted provocative photos of themselves.

• Having the ability to stir up emotion

constitute

• Clearly there are some sexting cases—those in which adults are transmitting the images to other pedophiles, for instance—that do constitute child pornography.

• Make or create

Being off task constitutes a phone call home.

alleviate

• But even that bit of good news didn't fully alleviate their confusion.

• relieve