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Directions:Date:Use context clues to figure out the meaning of the bold word. Write it on the line.You can never go wrong “reading between the lines,”
if you reread and rethink.- small group
- twisted and knotty
- related to ships or sailing
- egg-producing
- happy, cheerful
- rude, insensitive
- remarked
- put into effect
- fake, artificial
- gut feeling, premonition
- natural ability, talent
- a jaylike bird
- The restaurant on the dock had a nauticaltheme.
- That criticism was a crassremark.
- The old tree’s trunk was gnarled.
- I had a hunchthat you would show up today.
- We will implementthe plan according to schedule.
- I heard the noisy chatter of a magpie.
- Some snakes are oviparous; others give live birth.
- At last we spotted a podof whales.
- “I saw it first,” Stan quipped.
- The party put us in a jovialmood.
______________________________________________- The inexpensive jewelry contained fauxgems.
______________________________________________- She has an aptitudefor solving problems.
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