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COURSE: Destination Reading III
UNIT 25: Skateboarding: Wheeling
and Dealing with Physics
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Vocabulary Strategy: Dictionary and Glossary
(Multiple-Meaning Words)
Complete the following items to practice the vocabulary
strategy for this unit.
In the sentences below, many multiple-meaning words are used.
Under each sentence, write the multiple-meaning word. Then, using
the dictionary definitions above and the context of the sentence, write
down the meaning used in the sentence.
Dictionary
bust (buhst) noun
1. a sculpture of the head and
shoulders of a person
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bust (buhst) noun
1. a failure
verb
1. to break or burst
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junk (juhngk) noun
1. discarded or unwanted
materials
2
junk (juhngk) noun
1. a type of Chinese ship with
a flat bottom
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lower (loh-er) verb
1. to send down or drop
2
lower (loh-er) adjective
1. under or beneath according to
a rank or order
1
Learning
Objective:
• Use a dictionary
to determine the
definitions of
multiple-meaning
words with two
dictionary entries.
pelt (pelt) noun
1. the fur from a mammal
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pelt (pelt) verb
1. to strike or to hit
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plane (plane) noun
1. a level surface
2. an airplane
2
plane (plane) verb
1. to smooth or level off using
a tool
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tender (ten-dur) noun
1. a person who cares for
something or someone else
2. a boat that transports a larger
boat
2
tender (ten-dur) noun
1. a form of payment
3
tender (ten-dur) adjective
1. soft, delicate, or sensitive
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1. The tender of the flock of sheep watched closely as a fox came near
the field.
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2. When my sister and I cleaned out the garage, we found a few important
family items, but we also found a lot of junk.
3. Joe and Catherine went to the store to buy Maggie a gift, but the trip was a
bust—they couldn’t find anything that they thought she would like.
4. When my aunt brought home her new kitten, we all wanted to pet his
tender fur and hold him in our arms.
5. The carpenter planed the top of the cabinet and then painted it with varnish
to make it shine.
6. Becca dreaded walking home from school during winter because Bobby
would hide behind the bushes and pelt her with snowballs.
7. My grandfather says our family is distantly related to Abraham Lincoln. We
even have a bust of Lincoln in our family room.
8. It was a peaceful morning; the crickets chirped quietly as the junk drifted
down the river to the market.
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9. Many clothing companies make expensive winter coats out of soft pelts.
10. Teddy knocked at the trunk of the tree. “Who is it?” Mike yelled from above.
Teddy said the password and Mike lowered the ladder from the tree house
to the ground.
11. With a roar of the engine, the plane took off into the night sky and grew
smaller and smaller.
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12. My brother is in the sixth grade. I’m in a lower grade, but already I can read
the same books that he reads!
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