Using Context Clues to Determine New Vocabulary

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They called him Moshe the Beadle, as though he had never had a surname in his life.
In this sentence, surname means...

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a family name

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Nobody ever felt embarrassed by him. Nobody ever felt encumbered by his presence.
Encumbered means...

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restricted

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He was a master in the art of making himself insignificant, of seeming invisible.

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unimportant

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profoundly

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deeply

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deportees
The train full of deportees had crossed the border and on Polish territory had been taken in charge by the police.

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people who are expelled from a country

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Emigration - At that time, it was still possible to obtain emigration permits to go to Palestine.

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relocation

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With some of my schoolmates, I sat in the Ezra Malik gardens, studying a treatise in the law books.

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a formal writing on a topic

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My father was telling them anecdotes and expounding his own views on the situation in order to help them understand.
In this sentence, the underlined words respectively mean...

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brief stories; explaining in detail

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The dawn brought new opportunities, and there was nothing left of this melancholy.

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overwhelming sadness

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Which context clue would help a reader to determine the meaning of anecdote? Options: my father, was telling, own views, situation

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was telling