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What is the meaning of the word in blue text?
Brenda was trying to study for her chemistry final when she was overcome by the spontaneous urge to go on a bike ride, but the urge passed as suddenly as it came. 

• sudden urge
• strong urge

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I was so parched, I drank an entire glass of water in one gulp.
What KIND of context clue sentence is this? 

• definition
• example
• compare and contrast
• cause and effect

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This transition word introduces a very concrete example of whatever was just mentioned.

• Despite
• Nonetheless
• Specifically
• Simultaneously

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Alexa and her sister ____ to be nice to their cousin.

• know
• no
• now

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I am ____ tired to do my homework. 

• to
• too
• two

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A breaking of or failing to keep something like a law or promise

• verdict
• integration
• segregation
• violation

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I could see Neal and Jefron from a block away. They walked in my direction. As they approached, I could see from the looks on their faces that they were happy.

The word "approached" means:

• walked farther away

• skipped

• moved nearer

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She is walking the dog herself today because she doesn't want to split the money with her partner.

• personal

• intensive

• reflexive

• possessive

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The giant crushers lifted the boulders and quickly _____________ them into a uniform gray powder

• pulverize

• indiscriminate

• ample

• disdain

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It's not the heat that will get you—it's the _________________.

• humidify

• humidness

• humidity

• humid

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