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If it's 90 degrees outside and the sky is cloudless, he will bet you that it's going to rain.

What is the definition of degrees, as used in this sentence?

• Noun - a unit in any of various scales of temperature, intensity, or hardness

• Noun - a unit of measurement of angles, one three-hundred-and-sixtieth of the circumference of a circle

• Noun - an academic rank conferred by a college or university after examination or after completion of a course of study, or conferred as an honor on a distinguished person

• Noun - a social or official rank

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Down past a pebbly brown beach, the Mediterranean Sea churned like a washing machine.

What is the correct definition of machine, as it is used in this sentence.

• A person who acts with the mechanical efficiency of a machine

• An efficient and well-organized group of powerful people

• A coin-operated dispenser

• Any device that transmits a force or directs its application

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He was as fast as lightning!

What is the correct definition of fast, as used in the sentence?

• showing a time ahead of the correct time.

• moving or capable of moving at high speed.

• needing only a short exposure.

• firmly fixed or attached.

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The hillside exploded into a wall of flames and gunpowder smoke.

What is the correct definition of exploded, as used in the sentence?

• increase suddenly or rapidly in size, number, or extent

• burst or shatter violently and noisily as a result of rapid combustion, decomposition, excessive internal pressure, or other processes, typically scattering fragments widely.

• (of a person) suddenly give expression to violent emotion, especially anger.

• show (a belief or theory) to be false or unfounded.

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¨Mine too,¨ Ryan says, and mom gives her hand a squeeze.

What is the definition of squeeze, as used in the sentence?

• a strong financial demand or pressure, typically a restriction on borrowing, spending, or investment in a financial crisis.

• manage to get into or through a narrow or restricted space.

• firmly press (something soft or yielding), typically with one's fingers.

• a baseball play, involving a bunt and a base runner.

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Mama led us to the porch where she built a miniature Christmas village.

What is the definition of miniature, as used in the sentence?

• a thing that is much smaller than normal, especially a small replica or model.

• a very small portrait or other painting (as on ivory or metal)

• a painting in an illuminated book.

• a 3D printed model of a character.

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She puts her hands on her hips and gives him a piercing gaze.

What is the definition of piercing, as used in the sentence?

• -loud, shrill - adjective

• -make a hole with a sharp instrument - verb

• -a small hole in a part of the body - noun

• -sharp; profound - adjective

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Luckily, there was no one else inside.

What is the definition of one, as used in the sentence?

• a person of a specified kind

• referring to a thing previously mentioned or easily identified

• the lowest cardinal number; half of two

• the first in a set or series —often used with an attributive noun

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The floors are polished wood, dark, and the walls, covered in sheets of bronze, gleam where the light touches them.

What is the correct definition of light, as used in the sentence?

• (of a color) pale.

• make (something) start burning; ignite.

• the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible.

• an expression in someone's eyes indicating a particular emotion or mood.

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Something can stare you in the face and you still can't see it. Better take another gander.

What is the correct definition of gander, as used in the sentence?

• a male goose

• a look or glance

• a simpleton

• a female goose

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