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Directions: read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross

sentence clues or your prior knowledge. Then, explain what clues in the sentence

helped you determine the word meaning.

1. Detest: !eryone else at the party wanted gar"age pi##a "ut Tim "ecause

he detested !egeta"les.

$efinition: To strongly dislike

%hat clues in the sentence lead you to your definition&

Tim doesn't want the garbage pizza because he doesn't like vegetables.

2. Alter: 'randpa didn(t know that )u#ie was coming along on the fishing trip, and

now he had to alter his plans.

$efinition: Change


Grandpa has to adust to !uzie on the "ishing trip.

*. #elodramatic: %hen +iki got a tiny cut on her pinky finger, she got

all melodramatic and "egan so""ing and demanding a doctor.

$efinition: $ith e%aggerated emotion


!he is re&uesting a doctor "or a tiny cut on her pinky.

. emorse: -s Tommy walked home with the money from the church he had stolen

in his pocket, powerful feelings of remorse "u""led in his stomach.

$efinition: Guilt or regret


!tealing "rom the church makes his stomach bubble.

. (n&uiry: %hen the other moms heard a"out how Charlene had won the "akingcontest, her email "ox was flooded with in&uiries for her award winning muffin

recipe.

$efinition: !eeking in"ormation or asking &uestions



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)eople are interested in learning her mu""in recipe.

/. )erch: The children were perched on the edge of the sofa arms, waiting to hop

off and land on the next unlucky passer"y.

$efinition: To wait at a position o"" o" the ground %hat clues in the sentence lead you to your definition&

The children are waiting to attack "rom the so"a.

0. *arnest: eremiah oked around so much that when he told the others a"out the

accident that had occurred, they didn(t "elie!e that he was "eing earnest.

$efinition: !erious+ not oking


,e okes around so much that people can't tell when he's being serious.

3. -ovial: 4nlike 5o", who treated others rudely and kept to himself, 5o""y

was ovial, friendly, and outgoing.

$efinition: ne who enoys company+ cheer"ul


/ob is rude and /obby is the opposite o" /ob as the sentence structure implies.

6. Demeanor: 7y grandma(s demeanor was such that people often thought she was "eing rude when she was ust "eing honest.

$efinition: nonverbal behaviors+ body language+ how she carries hersel"


)eople react in une%pected ways to her words.

18. /eckoned: The lady decided that it was tea time and so, "y ingling a tiny sil!er

"ell, she beckoned her ser!ants to attend.

$efinition: Call


!he uses the bell to summon her servants.

11. Dismal: %ith the field torn up "y the players( cleats, and the cold rain falling in

wa!es, conditions on the playing field were dismal.


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$efinition: Gloomy+ rainy


(t is muddy and rainy on the baseball "ield.

12. (mmense: 9ula would ha!e attempted the walk home, had it not "een for

the immense mountain that stood "etween her and her destination.

$efinition: 0ery large


The mountain prevents her "rom walking home.

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1. Dignity: !en when the police officers put the handcuffs on my mother, she

maintained her dignity, holding her head up high as she was marched off the protest

site.

$efinition: %orthy of respect %hat clues in the sentence lead you to your definition&

)he holds her head up high despite "eing in a compromising situation.

2. !plendid: The rays from the rising sun shined splendidly through our kitchen

window.

$efinition: ;ery "right< magnificent


=ays of sunshine are "right.

*. )article: ohn was so hungry that he didn(t lea!e a single particle of the muffin on

the plate.

$efinition: a !ery small piece



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- hungry person eats e!erything on the plate.

. *legant: Cassie took her time when she wrote in cursi!e, slowly making each

word out of an elegant series of arcs and loops.

$efinition: "eautiful and graceful %hat clues in the sentence lead you to your definition&

)ince she is taking her time, she will ha!e great penmanship.

. (nustice: +e!in thought that it was a great inustice that girls could wear earrings

in the school while the "oys could not.

$efinition: something that is not right or fair


>t seems unfair that the pri!ilege of wearing ewelry is assigned "ased on gender.

/. Decline: -fter Gears of Pain 6 came out, the amount of people playing Gears of

Pain 5 declined.

$efinition: %ent down


-fter a new game comes out, the amount of people playing the old game will "e less.

0. )aradise: %hen =ex had a "one, a warm spot to lie, and someone petting him,

he was in paradise.

$efinition: the perfect place to "e


The text descri"es a dog recei!ing pretty much e!erything that dogs are known to like.

3. 1ascinate: -l!in went to the museum e!ery )aturday "ecause he was

so "ascinated "y art.

$efinition: !ery interested


?e goes to the museum @uite fre@uently.


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6. 2earn: !en though ohn had a good o" and a nice family, he yearned for more.

$efinition: to want something


The conunction�e!en though� shows that ohn wants something else other than his o" and family.

18. !eldom: )ince professional athletes ha!e to stay in peak physical shape, most

athletes seldom eat unk food.

$efinition: rarely< not !ery often


unk food does not help you stay in shape.

11. Delicate: Tracy held the flower as gently as she could, fearing thatthe delicate stem would "reak.

$efinition: easily damaged


Tracy handles the stem with special care.

12. emark: ennie didn(t like the acket her mother "ought her until se!eral

strangers made remarks a"out how much they liked it.

$efinition: To comment or state an o"ser!ation


The strangers( comments cause her to change her opinion a"out the acket.

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