Context Clues

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Famished (Rosa did not eat breakfast or lunch, so she was famished by dinnertime.)

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hungry

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Everyone thought Steven was a genius because he got a perfect score on all of his homework and tests in school.

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Smart person

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The glass plate shattered when it fell to the ground.

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break into pieces

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elated Example: Ms. Evans was elated because our class was respectful and responsible.

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happy

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permit

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allow

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trample (in context: "There are small yellow flowers growing in the field by the school. Please be careful not to trample the flowers as you walk across the field.")

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step on

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conceal (Amber took a cookie away from her little sister. She tried to conceal the cookie by putting it in her pocket. She did not want her mom to see it.)

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hide

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defeat

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beat

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Sufficient: Alice finished her second piece of cake. She reached for another piece, but her mother stopped her. She said that Alice had eaten sufficient pieces of cake for one day.

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enough

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Our dog Twizzler keeps running away. We keep him confined, but he always finds a way out of the backyard. He likes to dig under the fence.
The word confined most likely means the same as

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closed in