Directions: read the 6 sentences and determine the meaning of the underlined words using clues
or your prior knowledge.
1. Even 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.
Meaning: ___________________________________________________________________
2. The rays from the rising sun
shined splendidly through our
kitchen window.
Meaning: ___________________________________________________________________
3. John was so hungry that he
didn’t leave a single particle of
the muffin on the plate.
Meaning: ___________________________________________________________________
4. Cassie took her time when she
wrote in cursive, slowly making each word out of an elegant series of arcs and loops.
Meaning: ___________________________________________________________________
5. When Rex had a bone, a warm spot to lie, and
someone petting him, he was in paradise.
Meaning: ___________________________________________________________________
6. Even though John had a good job and a nice
family, he yearned for more.
Meaning: ___________________________________________________________________
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