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Directions: Use context clues to choose the answer closest in meaning to each capitalized word or words. Then click on your choice. In a political cartoon, the senator was DEPICTED as a baseball player who struck out

Directions: The item below includes a word or words that are an antonym of the capitalized word. Read the sentence and use the antonym to help you understand the meaning of the capitalized word. Then select that meaning below. Some scientists think dreams express hidden wishes and desires. Others disagree, arguing instead that dreams deal with more OVERT concerns, such as the people and problems in our everyday lives.

Directions: In the item below, look for the examples that suggest the meaning of the capitalized word. Then select the meaning of that word. I’m happy sightseeing VICARIOUSLY, for instance, by watching travel TV shows and visiting faraway places on the Internet.

Directions: In the item below, look for the examples that suggest the meaning of the capitalized word. Then select the meaning of that word. There are good reasons to think TV has a DETRIMENTAL influence on kids. After all, TV watching keeps them from exercising, encourages them to eat unhealthy foods, and teaches them to be violent.

Directions: The item below includes a word or words that are an antonym of the capitalized word. Read the sentence and use the antonym to help you understand the meaning of the capitalized word. Then select that meaning below. The children wanted us to adopt an older German shepherd from the pound, but we were told he was rather wild, so instead we chose a collie that was more DOCILE.

Directions: The item below contains a word or words that are a synonym for the capitalized word. Read the sentence and then select the synonym below. You can’t do algebra until you have mastered RUDIMENTARY math skills—basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

Directions: Use context clues to choose the answer closest in meaning to each capitalized word or words. Then click on your choice. After winning the basketball championship, the players FLAUNTED their victory by screaming over and over, “We won!”

Directions: The item below includes a word or words that are an antonym of the capitalized word. Read the sentence and use the antonym to help you understand the meaning of the capitalized word. Then select that meaning below. Though the United States is one of the most AFFLUENT nations in the world, one in four children grow up in poor circumstances.

Directions: Use the general sense of the sentence to figure out the meaning of the capitalized word. Then select the meaning of the capitalized word. The journalism instructor DENOUNCED local news shows for emphasizing crime, fires, and the like at the expense of more important city issues.

Directions: Use context clues to choose the answer closest in meaning to each capitalized word or words. Then click on your choice. It’s not easy to stand up to a bully. But if bullies realize they cannot INTIMIDATE their victims, they will usually back off.