Context Clues

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Each student was ALLOTTED two tickets to the dance.

Somehow I managed to _________ all the funds in my savings account buying shoes.

It's a wonder to me how anyone can still be UNDECIDED about this election. These two candidates are certainly distinct. Each would lead our nation in opposite directions. What does distinct mean?

The girls went to the library and read three books in one afternoon. They were VORACIOUS readers. What does the word voracious mean as it is used in the text.

Jump and hop are synonyms because _________.

The word scrawny, as in Jason appeared scrawny, has a _________ connotation.

I recognized the familiar smell of my roommate's cooking. If you change the word smell to stench, the word now has a ____________ connotation.

The word thin, as in you are very thin has a _______ connotation.