Reading Strategies - Context Clues 2

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My grandma's DEMEANOR was such that people often thought she was being rude when she was just being honest.

With the field torn up by the players' cleats, and the cold rain falling in waves, conditions on the playing field were DISMAL.

Jeremiah joked around so much that when he told the others about the accident that had occurred, they didn't believe that he was being EARNEST.

When the other moms heard about how Charlene had won the baking contest, her email box was flooded with INQUIRIES for her award winning muffin recipe.

The children were PERCHED on the edge of the sofa arms, waiting to hop off and land on the next unlucky passerby.

The lady decided that it was tea time and so, by jingling a tiny silver bell, she BECKONED her servants to attend.

Grandpa didn't know that Suzie was coming along on the fishing trip, and now he had to ALTER his plans.

Everyone else at the party wanted garbage pizza but Tim because he DETESTED vegetables.