connotationThe feeling a word carries beyond its dictionary meaning.
You’ll leave with these skills
01Spot a familiar word that has a special meaning in one subjectCheck what subject the passage is about, and ask whether a familiar word has a special meaning in that subject.
02Figure out an unfamiliar word’s meaning from the clues around itLook near the unfamiliar word for a colon or for “although,” “because,” or “including,” and use what follows to work out its meaning.
03Predict a hard word’s meaning before you read the choicesRead the sentence as if the word were a blank, say in plain words what it has to mean, then pick the choice closest to that.
04Cross out choices that only look familiar or sound impressiveRead each choice back into the sentence and keep it only if it agrees with the clue you found near the word.
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