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Context Clues: Synonyms
1. Mr. Pope's decision to make our lunches
shorter will incense, or anger, a lot of
people in our department.
In this sentence, the word incense means
anger
loyal
survive
excite
3. There are 48 contiguous, or connected,
states in the USA.
2. The cop knocked the derringer, or gun,
away from the bad guy.
In this sentence, the word derringer means
book
hat
jewelry
gun
4. I don't think we'll need to utilize, or use, the
hand cart to haul in the computers.
In this sentence, the word contiguous
means
connected
dispersed
apart
separated
In this sentence, the word utilize means
build
make
use
destroy
5. The man was sent to the penitentiary, or
prison, for stealing cars.
6. As much as we have tried to bring her over
to our side of the argument, she is still
appearing to vacillate, or remain,
undecided.
In this sentence, the word penitentiary
means
prison
heaven
paradise
hotel
7. Marie is quite a bibliophile. Her love for
books is evident by her enormous library.
In this sentence, the word bibliophile
means
plant lover
animal lover
book lover
money lover
In this sentence, the word vacillate means
undecided
jealous
deaf
confused
8. The book of logic contained many
conundrums - mind-exercising puzzles.
In this sentence, the word conundrums
means
answers
pictures
stories
puzzles