Shades of Meaning

Order the words from the weakest level of intensity to the strongest.

• eat, gobble, devour

• eat, devour, gobble

• gobble, eat, devour

Order the words from the weakest level of intensity to the strongest.

• mean, cruel, rude

• rude, cruel, mean

• mean, rude, cruel

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What does "shades of meaning" mean?

• When words are similar but have weaker and stronger meanings

• When words are about colors

It had been storming all day, so by the time I got home I was _____. Which word below best completes this sentence?

• damp

• wet

• soaked