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COURSE: Destination Reading IVUNIT 13: Negative Peer Pressure: Resisting Trouble

Vocabulary Strategy: Context Clues (Synonyms and Antonyms)Complete the following items to practice the vocabulary

strategy for this unit.

Learning Objective:

• Identifysynonymsandantonymsinparagraphstodeterminewordmeanings.

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It was Gina’s first day of practice on the varsity soccer team, and she could barely sit still all day. Gina was the only novice team member, and she noticed that while she was discomposed, all the experienced girls on the team were totally calm. Even though she was ravenous during lunch, she was too distracted to feed her hungry stomach. Finally, the last bell of the day rang. Gina careened out the door to the fields, but then she decided she didn’t want to seem too eager, so she slowed her pace. After some quick warm-up drills, Gina’s built-up nervousness began to wane. Soccer had always felt innate to her, and the girls on the team helped renew that natural feeling. The jovial attitude of the team rubbed off on Gina, and soon she joined in on their happy, free-spirited conversation. About an hour passed, and suddenly Gina began to feel queasy. She became light-headed, and that wooziness prompted her to quickly find a nearby bench. Her coach ran to her side and asked if Gina felt ill; Gina replied that she did and described her malady. “When is the last time you ate?” the coach asked. Gina was embarrassed and sheepishly replied that she hadn’t eaten all day because of her nerves. The coach gave Gina a protein bar and a full water bottle and called all the girls into a huddle. “This is a good lesson for all of you,” she said. “If you don’t keep enough water in your body, you can become dehydrated. Let’s all bolster each other’s health by encouraging good eating and drinking routines.”

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Readthepassage.Themeaningofmanyofthedifficultwordsinthepassage

canbefiguredoutusingsynonymsandantonymsinthesamesentence.Find

thedifficultwordslistedbelowinthepassage,andthenfindasynonymor

antonymthatdescribesitinthesamesentence.Writethecontextcluewordon

thelineandsaywhetheritisasynonymoranantonym.Writeadefinitionfor

thedifficultwordsthatarebasedonantonyms.

1. Discomposed

2. Novice

3. Ravenous

4. Careened

5. Wane

6. Innate

7. Jovial

8. Wooziness

9. Malady

10. Sheepishly

11. Dehydrated

12. Bolster