To accurately determine the meaning of specific words in this workbook, students must carefully read each sentence to identify context clues. Often embedded within the surrounding text, these clues provide vital hints about the meaning. After analyzing the context, students should select the most appropriate definition of the underlined word from a list of provided options.

Imagine you're reading a book, and you come across a word you don't know. Don't worry! You can be a detective and look for clues around the word to determine what it means. These clues can be other words in the sentence or the whole paragraph. For example, if you read, "The cat was famished; it hadn't eaten all day," you might not know what "famished" means. But the cat hadn't eaten all day, so "famished" probably means hungry! By looking at the other words and thinking about the story, you can guess what the tricky word means.