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Taylor threw away her apple because she saw some mold was growing on it.

• To form or make something out of something

• A furry growth of fungus

verb 1. to grasp 2. to set aside 3. to have a belief 4. to keep from doing something

Sentence: The department store told her they would hold her new dress for three days if she couldn’t pick it up right away.

Which is the best definition of the word hold as it is used in the sentence above?

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Sentence: The coal miners were trying to find a passage through the mountain.

Which is the best definition of the word passage as it is used in the sentence?

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Which is the best definition of the word post as it is used in this paragraph?

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People were waving for Jenna to pull over. She had no idea what they wanted until she heard the “thump, thump”! Her tire was flat, she pulled over to the side of the road and fortunately an auto service was there within a half hour with a portable air compressor to fill her tire. The meaning of the root “port” helps the reader know that the word portable in this paragraph means--

• able to be carried

• able to speak on

• able to be shared

• able to hear through

track (trak) noun 1. a path made by people or animals 2. a course or route followed 3. parallel lines of rails for railroads 4. a footprint made by people or animals

Emily was upset at her father and decided to walk to school. She took a shortcut her friend had told her about. Even though she had to cut through the wooded area, it didn’t bother her because she could see the track all the kids had made and just followed it.

Which is the best definition of the word track as it is used in this paragraph?

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bend (bend) verb 1. to direct or turn in a particular direction 2. to force from a straight line to a curved or angular one 3. to fasten something 4. to change one’s thoughts

Sentence: Jasmine was positive that she was right about how many miles it was to Colorado; but she decided she could bend a little and for once, let her brother be right.

Which is the best definition of the word bend as it is used in the sentence?

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Which is the best definition of the word point as it is used in the sentence?

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Read the following.

One of the apartment’s in Jessica’s apartment building had a major fire. The firemen had to extract Jessica’s neighbor, Mrs. Hayes, out of the window. Fortunately, no one was injured, but everyone had d to evacuate their apartments for a week until they could clean up the damage.

ex-: Latin-Greek prefix meaning “out of” or “away from”

The information in the box helps the reader understand that the word, extract in the paragraph above means —

• to copy

• to separate or obtain

• to get or pull something

• to deduce an answer to a question

The mail carrier couldn't read the address on the envelope.

• the writing on an envelope that tells where it is to be delivered

• the location of a building

• a speech

• to write on an envelope where it should be delivered

• to speak to