Wednesday 9/16 1. My friend has a lot of basketball ____________. He just seems to have a natural feel for the game.
2. I touched the bruise on my cheek very ____________ .
3. He never seems to get nervous. He is always very ____________.
4. After the accident, her outlook on life became very __________. She seemed to have no hope any more.
5. "I wish I had done my homework," I thought __________.
6. A person who doesn’t like to __________  to the group is often called an outsider.
7. The _____________ of a word is its dictionary definition.
8. The _____________ of a word is what it makes you think of.
9. Copy the following sentence and try to infer the meaning of the underlined word:  No one could fathom why he liked school even though he always failed almost every class.
10. The (affects effects) of the sun on your skin are almost all bad ones.

connotation, ruefully, bleak, nonchalant, conform, savvy, gingerly, denotation
 

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