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The snake slithered across the porch as my mother chased it with a broom.

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moved

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Our dog gnawed through the rope, allowing him to get loose.

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chewed

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Jan saw a hideous creature and ran away in disgust.

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very ugly and frightful

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Emily's mother sternly told her to finish the piano, as she had taken long enough. What does 'sternly' mean?

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strictly

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Her mother called again, and she could hear the impatience in her voice downstairs. Define 'impatience' based on context clues.

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annoyance

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He snatched the chickens and ran off! Define 'snatched' based on context.

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stole

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Ellen felt nervous peering through the red curtains at the large crowd. She was a novice!

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beginner

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Kelly found counting buttons to be a monotonous task, repetitive yet important.

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dull

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My father said it wouldn't be prudent to eat too much candy. Now I'm sick. Definition of 'prudent':

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wise

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Sentence includes definition of an unknown word:

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definition