Vocabulary & Conventions from My Life with the Chimpanzees

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What does 'irritable' mean?

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Easily annoyed or angered.

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What does 'dominate' mean?

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Rule or control.

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What does 'impetuous' mean?

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Acting suddenly with little thought.

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Choose the correctly punctuated version of this sentence: At the camp each person had a knife, a fork a spoon, a mug and a few plates.

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At the camp, each person had a knife, a fork, a spoon, a mug, and a few plates.

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What is the meaning of 'vocabulary'?

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The set of words known and used by a person.

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What is a 'convention' in writing?

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The accepted rules and practices of writing, including grammar, punctuation, and spelling.

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What does 'context' refer to in reading?

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The circumstances or setting in which a word or phrase is used.

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What is a 'synonym'?

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A word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word.

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What is an 'antonym'?

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A word that has the opposite meaning of another word.

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What does 'punctuation' mean?

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The use of symbols in writing to separate sentences and clarify meaning.