Read the passage.Paul seems to know everyone in this town, and is always amenable to a chat when I run into him. Paul's father, a docile man, works with him at the bookstore.Which statement best explains the nuance between amenable and docile?
Read the sentence.Sarai discovered that some of the materials she tested were malleable enough to serve as springs for her robot.What type of context clue can you use to determine the meaning of malleable?
Read the sentence.The clouds gathering on the horizon were an inauspicious sign for the outdoor class, so rather than risk getting caught in a downpour, Dara decided to bring the class indoors.Based on context clues in the sentence, what is the most likely meaning of inauspicious?
Read the excerpt from Robert Frost's poem "Mending Wall."He only says, "Good fences make good neighbours."Spring is the mischief in me, and I wonderIf I could put a notion in his head:"Why do they make good neighbours? Isn’t itWhere there are cows? But here there are no cows.Before I built a wall I’d ask to knowWhat I was walling in or walling out,And to whom I was like to give offence.Something there is that doesn’t love a wall,That wants it down." I could say "Elves" to him,But it’s not elves exactly, and I’d ratherHe said it for himself. I see him thereBringing a stone grasped firmly by the topIn each hand, like an old-stone savage armed.He moves in darkness as it seems to me,Not of woods only and the shade of trees.He will not go behind his father’s saying,And he like having thought of it so wellHe says again, "Good fences make good neighbours."
Read the sentence.Andrea's opponent was honest and straightforward, but Andrea used her guile to win the contest.What type of context clue in the sentence can be used to determine the meaning of guile?
Read the excerpt from Mark Twain's memoir, Life on the Mississippi.I was quaking from head to foot, and I could have hung my hat on my eyes, they stuck out so far.What is the most likely meaning of the phrase "I could have hung my hat on my eyes, they stuck out so far" in this sentence?
What are the most likely meanings of the idiom "we'll cross that bridge when we come to it"? Select two options.We need to start looking for connections.We are not going to do that yet.We are probably going in the wrong direction.We will talk about that problem if and when it happens.We have to get things started quickly.
Read the sentence.Levi was terrified of leaving his parents' farm and striking out on his own, but the longer he stayed, the more obvious it became that he was going to have to cut the cord, and soon.What are the best possible meanings of the euphemism "cut the cord"? Select two options.start mowing the fieldsharvest the cropsstop depending on parentslearn more about farmingleave the farm
Read the sentence.When cotton clothing is permeated, or soaked through, with water, it stays wet and can freeze in cold weather.Based on context clues in the sentence, what is the most likely meaning of permeated?
Read the passage.Amira is punctilious about where everything in her room should go, and can't stand it when anything is out of place. Her friend Luz is the exact opposite, leaving a trail of stray pens, sticky notes, and unmatched gym socks wherever she goes.What does the word punctilious most likely suggest? Select two options.that Amira is somewhat neatthat Amira is indifferent about how her room looksthat Amira is controlling with regard to detailsthat Amira is lazy and unmotivatedthat Amira is uptight about cleanliness
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