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The teacher looked at the BLAH and knew that it was time for lunch....What is a BLAH?

clock

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The students rode the yellow TRISTER to school. What does TRISTER mean?

bus

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The are teacher cut the paper with BESTERS. What are BESTERS?

scissors

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The DULL painting, which is the one that had little color, did not win the art contest. What is Dull? What is the clue?

Little color; Definition

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The boy had a peculiar, or strange, hobby of collecting spiders. What is PECULIAR? What is the context clue?

Strange; Definition

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The girl felt QUEASY, or nauseous, after going on the upside down rollercoaster. What does QUEASY mean? What is the context clue?

nauseous- definition

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He COAXED- attempted to pursuade- her to sing, but she still refused. What does COAXED mean? What's the context clue?

attempt to persuade- definition

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The baby was weary (tired) after playing all morning. What does WEARY mean? What is the context clue?

tired- definition

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B.R.B. is an ABBREVIATION for "be right back." What is an ABBREVIATION? What is the context clue?

a shortened version of a word- example

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We ate the apples, bananas, and break since they were all edible. What does EDIBLE mean? What's the context clue?

able to be eaten; example

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My teacher said I should be proud of my SKILL that I can multiple quickly. What does SKILL mean? What is the context clue?

ability to do something well- example

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My teacher was absent, so she postponed the test and made it tomorrow. What does POSTPONED mean? What's the context clue?

delayed; example

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My younger brother is such a PEST. He is always following me around. What does PEST mean? What is the context clue?

bother; example

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I was suprised to see that my baby sister was not a coward, but brave in the haunted house. What does COWARD mean? What is a context clue?

Not scared; antonym

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Our flight will depart from New York and arrive in Florida. What does DEPART mean? What is the context clue?

leave; antonym

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We did not SHIVER outside at night because it was so warm. What does SHIVER mean? What is the context clue

freeze; antonym

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