Using Context Clues to Determine New Vocabulary

Front

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

Back

a family name

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Front

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

Back

restricted

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Front

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

Back

unimportant

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Front

profoundly

Back

deeply

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Front

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

Back

people who are expelled from a country

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Front

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

Back

relocation

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Front

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

Back

a formal writing on a topic

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Front

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...

Back

brief stories; explaining in detail

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Front

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

Back

overwhelming sadness

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Front

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

Back

was telling

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C