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READING - Context Clues Rev. August 2005

This document provides context clues practice exercises to help determine the meaning of underlined words based on the context provided in sentences. The first exercise asks the reader to choose the best meaning of underlined words from multiple choice options. The second exercise asks the reader to write a synonym for underlined words based on how they are used in sentences. The exercises are designed to improve skills in using context to discern word meanings.

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READING - Context Clues Rev. August 2005

This document provides context clues practice exercises to help determine the meaning of underlined words based on the context provided in sentences. The first exercise asks the reader to choose the best meaning of underlined words from multiple choice options. The second exercise asks the reader to write a synonym for underlined words based on how they are used in sentences. The exercises are designed to improve skills in using context to discern word meanings.

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CONTEXT CLUES -- PRACTICE EXERCISES

EXERCISE I:Circle the letter of the best meaning for the underlined word as it is used in
context.

1. My brother said, “I just freed myself from a very loquacious (berkhasiat) history
professor. All he seemed to want was an audience.”
a. Pretentious (sombong)
b. Grouchy (geram)
c. Talkative/
d. worried

2. There is no doubt that the idea of living in such a benign (jinak) climate was
appealing(menarik). The islanders seemed to keep their vitality(cergas) and live
longer than Europeans.
a. tropical
b. not malignant
c. kind/
d. favorable

3. It is difficult to imagine a surfeit (jimat) of talent in one individual, yet Leonard


Bernstein simply does not have the time to make complete use of his talent as
conductor, performer, writer, and lecturer.
a. Excess/
b. variety
c. superiority
d. lack

4. There is a large demand all over the United States for plants indigenous(orang
asli) to the desert. Many people in Arizona have made a good business of growing
and selling cacti and other local plants.
a. Native/
b. necessary
c. foreign
d. alien

5. After the Romans left, a millennium(100) and a half passed before people again
lived in such comfort. Churchill wrote, “From the year 400 until the year 1900 no
one had central heating and very few had hot baths.”
a. a decade
b. many years
c. 1000 years/
d. a century

READING – Context Clues


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CONTEXT CLUES -- PRACTICE EXERCISES

6. Many years before, Caesar’s men had tried and failed to invade Britain. No doubt
this contributed to the xenophobia of the Romans. They were cautious about
strangers who entered their country.
a. honesty
b. fear of foreigners/
c. kindliness
d. stubbornness

7. Such are the vicissitudes(sikap berubah) of history. Nothing remains the same.
Three hundred years of peace ended in darkness and confusion.
a. evils
b. mistakes
c. changes/
d. rules

8. The purpose of the psychiatrist is to mitigate(mengurangkan) the suffering of the


patient.
a. make milder/
b. beautify
c. increase
d. banish

9. We knew he couldn’t hold out much longer, because he had been doomed(takdir)
from the beginning. One night he met his ineluctable(tak terpilih) fate.
a. forgotten
b. inevitable/
c. hidden
d. unhappy

10. A combination of fog and industrial smoke, called smog, has vitiated(terkilan) the
air in and around many big cities.
a. concentrate
b. fill up
c. replace
d. contaminate(cemar)/
CONTEXT CLUES -- PRACTICE EXERCISES
EXERCISE II:In the space provided, write a synonym for each underlined word as is used
in context.
1. His lucid lectures, along with his clearly presented explanations, made him a popular
professor.
Luminous/
2. Their vociferous chatter made me wish I had ear plugs.
Loud/noisy/
3. He was so impudent(kurang ajar)to his mother that I would have punished him if he
talked to me that way.
Disrespectful/
/

4. The Russians are skillful at sending cryptic messages, open to many interpretations.
Our State Department spends days puzzling over their meanings.
Ambiguous/
5. The Great Flood of Noah’s day was caused by incessant rain that fell for 40 days and
nights.
Unceasing/
6. The students who arrived late told the teacher an implausible story about stopping to
watch a UFO.
Unbelievable, unimaginable/

7. After spending three weeks in the hospital, I had a surfeit of daytime TV programming.
Surplus, too much,glut
8. The prisoners liberated from the Nazi death camp were so emaciated that they looked like
skeletons.
Thin,skinny/bony

9. Bob decided to be prudent(berhemah) and call ahead for reservations, instead of just
showing up.
Careful/
10. The ambiguity of Joe’s directions made it almost impossible to find his house.
Vagueness(kabur)/confussing
11. The job candidate’s background was impeccable – good references and many years of
experience, but the company did not give her the job.
Nice,perfect,good/
12. The tranquilized grizzly bear was lethargic enough for the scientists to safely examine his
teeth and tattoo his ears.
Slow,/

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