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  •  English    18     Public
    Read the sentences. Determine the meaning of a given word using context clues. Multiple choice. Middle school level.
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  • I looked at the plans for your new house. This is earthquake country. You need to fortify the frame or you’ll have a disaster with the first tremor. The word fortify means: 
    strengthen
    destroy
    build
    shake
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  • Pam and Gia are sisters, but they’re very different. Just look at how they dress. Pam doesn’t care what she wears. Gia, on the other hand, is quite chic. The word chic means:
    intelligent
    strange
    stylish
    out-dated
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  • David hoped that nobody would know he was in the building. Didn’t he realize that parking his new car in the driveway made his presence rather conspicuous? The word conspicuous means: 
    expensive
    obvious
    unfortunate
    important
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  • If you don’t get help quickly for your condition, it could become chronic. Then you may have to take medicine for the rest of your life. Chronic means:
    is very painful
    long-lasting
    makes you smell bad
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  • This is a clandestine operation. It is extremely important that no one discovers what you’re doing! A clandestine operation is supposed to be __________. 
    exciting
    harmful
    dangerous
    secret
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  • I like that store. The employees care about their customers and strive to make the customers feel right at home. Which word is a synonym of “strive”?
    complain
    try 
    clean
    fail
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  • Connie is never happy when everyone is getting along. She always instigates fights and then acts like little Miss Innocent. When you instigate something, you __________. 
    check it out
    protect it
    get it started
    ignore it
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  • Mary, of course you’re always tired. Most nights you stay up late working and infrequently take a day off. What does “infrequently” mean? 
    excitedly
    always
    sadly
    not often
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  • Michael is an ardent supporter of his presidential candidate. That became obvious to me when I found out how much time he’s donated to the campaign. Ardent means: 
    enthusiastic
    foolish
    old
    intelligent
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  • I'm working hard for the same candidate that you support. You're doing it for pay but I'm not doing this for money. I’m doing it out of conviction. Conviction means: 
    fear
    strong belief 
    being found guilty
    anger
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  • “I am going to rescind the permission I gave for you to use my toys," T. J. announced angrily. I thought you would take good care of them, but I was wrong!” Rescind means: 
    cancel
    continue
    celebrate
    repeat
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  • No one suspected that Jerry was a spy. On the surface he behaved like any normal citizen. When his covert activity was discovered and announced to the world, we were all shocked. Covert means: 
    helpful
    hidden
    friendly
    loud
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  • When Kim and Kia were fighting over a boy, Shana stepped in as a mediator. She sat them both down and got them talking to each other again. Mediator means: 
    witness
    troublemaker
    enemy
    peacemaker 
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  • We have lofty expectations for you, son. You will attend college and be elected president of the United States before you turn forty.Lofty means:
    small
    shaky
    low
    high
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  • The home team made sure the officials were on their side. They won the championship but no one from any other town would accept the winners as legitimate champions. Legitimate means:
    real
    sneaky
    talented
    good looking
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  • I was working with three other students on a group project for Science class. We had so many disagreements that we had to ask the teacher to help us resolve our issues. Resolve means: 
    debate
    consider
    cancel
    settle
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