Using Context Clues to Determine New Vocabulary
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English
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8th Grade
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1.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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
2.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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
3.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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
4.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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
5.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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
6.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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
7.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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
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