Reading Comprehension Skills and Strategies - Level 7

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Directions: You already know an amazing number of words, but you continuously increase your

word power by adding new words you encounter to your vocabulary. You may or may

not know the words below. Use a dictionary to help you with the ones you don’t know.

invoke

humane

insolent

solitude

gumption

covenant

paragon

allocate

augment

remedy

journal

frugal

What living lizard can grow up to 10 feet long and weigh 300 pounds?
To solve the puzzle, find the word above that matches each definition. Then write the word,
one letter to a blank. Read the answer under the ★.

1. to plead; call forth


2. lack of respect


3. increase in size, strength


4. to assign; allot


5. treatment or correction


6. model of perfection


7. state of being alone


8. a daily record


9. having sympathy; considerate


10. careful in spending


11. courage; spirit


12. solemn agreement

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