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Context Clues

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    Read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using context clues or your prior knowledge. Then, explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the meaning.
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  • When Tom's chronically late boss punished him for coming in late one day, Tom thought it was total (hypocrisy).
    saying or feeling one thing and doing another
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  • Bats are social, (nocturnal) and they migrate to a warmer climate, or hibernate.
    Most active at night.
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  • Shortly after his (epiphany), Max passionately applied and enrolled into medical school.
    realization
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  • Now that Mrs. Glass has spilled the beans that someone's looking for him, if he wants to remain (incognito), he's going to be twice as cau­tious.
    a person whose actual identity is disguised or concealed
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