Vocabulary teaching and learning is increasingly viewed as crucial to language learning process. The teacher and scholars know teaching and learning vocabulary is a tedious job and is not intrinsically motivating for the learner. In this regard, the researchers keep looking for different methods and strategies to make teaching and learning vocabulary easier and more pleasant for learners. In fact, the greatest tools we can give our learners for succeeding, not only in their education but more generally in life, is a large, rich vocabulary and the skills for using those words in different context. Expanding a learner’s vocabulary by using contextual clues is way to reduce the need for consulting dictionaries and memorizing list of words.

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