Context Clues Determine meaning

Poor Farmer Chavez labors for 16 hours a day and never has time for himself.   Everyone should get some vacation time to get refreshed once in a while.

• breathes
• unions
• argues
• works

The scientists want to hear what our professor thinks about their theory since he is the foremost expert in their field of study.

• loudest
• aggressive
• important
• academics

Stephan has been the proprietor of the store for thirty years; his grandfather supervised the employees before that.

• tenant
• owner
• superintendent
• narrator

Although Leila is usually verbose in class, however today she may have been tired or unsure of the topic.

• dependent
• talkative
• petite
• insipid

Millions of years passed and the climate of the earth altered dramatically.  The Northlands turned cold and icy.

• spiked
• despised
• witnessed
• changed