Word relationships

Pangolins have a physical resemblance, or likeness, to an armadillo, with claws and armored bodies. When attacked, pangolins thwart combat by rolling into a hard ball and hiding. Like bats and other animals that sleep all day, pangolins are nocturnal. Because they lack teeth, eating tiny stones with their food is critical for digestion.

What does the word critical mean in the paragraph?

• safe

• possible

• necessary

• imaginable

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Make sure to write your ___ature at the top of your paper.

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What is the meaning of bore as used in the sentence below?

I don't like doing homework, I know that it will bore me.

• calm

• tire

• excite

• help

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What is the meaning of the homograph being used in this sentence?

We were hoping to go to the park today but it's too windy outside.

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Read this dictionary entry.

Which definition is used in each of the sentences below?

Which properties help a piece of wood float on water?

• definition 1

• definition 2

• definition 3

• definition 4

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a gift

• present

• present

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The movie ____ed all of the swear words.

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If you inquire about a job, you

• quit it

• ask about it

• complain about it

• make fun of it

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Marcia is a novice soccer player. It is her first day of practice.

• skilled
• beginner
• professional

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In the sentence 'I will read the book tomorrow', what is the meaning of the word 'read'?

• To dance with the book

• To eat the book

• To throw the book away

• To look at and comprehend the meaning of written or printed matter by interpreting the characters or symbols of which it is composed.

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