Determining Meaning

Choose the correct definition of the highlighted word:
The campers made a fire to cook their hot dogs.

• Burning to produce heat, light, and flames

• Tell someone they lost a job

• Put into a kiln to make (pottery) hard

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When the cat wants inside, he will paw at the door.

• An animal's foot

• To scratch or hit

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The farmer added a final post to the fence.

• To list something for others to view

• To mail something

• A wooden pole

Choose the correct definition of the highlighted word:            He-Man had to track his math facts progress.

• path

• To keep track of information

• A surface to run on

Choose the best synonum for the underlined homonym.
Some people seem to notice everything around them. 

• record

• detest

• welcome

• observe

When Wei Yei got a tiny cut on her pinky finger, she became melodramatic, and sobbed and demanded to see a doctor.

What does melodramatic mean?

• quiet

• overly emotional

• angry

• not angry enough

After three long, tiring days, the climbers made it to the top of the very snowy Mount Everest. It was bitterly cold and extremely windy. After taking in the view of the other mountains, and snapping a few pictures, the climbers were ready to go begin their descent. This was the easy part of the journey because the force of gravity would help the climbers down the mountains.

 

Using your text, descent most likely means....

• movement downwards

• ride up

• part that would keep going

• a path that will straighten out

To find a meaning for a vocabulary term in context is to

• show how it is used in the text and determine the meaning

• show the author's opinion

• to make a claim or a truth

• add or extend

The teacher was appalled, or disgusted, by the honey-covered homework the student turned in.

• Pleased

• Surprised

• Frustrated

• Disgusted

^{Choose the correct definition of the highlighted word:}The wolf pack attacked the zebra.

• To place clothing and belongings in a suitcase for a trip

• A group of animals

• To stuff

• A bag used to sling over the shoulders and carry books in