Copy the underlined word and infer the meaning and the POS from the context of the sentence. Look up 7-10 on your own. Definitions for those four and sentences of your own for all ten are due Wednesday.

1. He was pulled over for driving erratically; they though he was drunk.
2. I was very skeptical about his "alien" story; I didn’t believe him for a second.
3. I sat around all afternoon, daydreaming and musing on my future.
4. During the earthquake the street began to undulate like waves on an ocean.
5. Jean is very fastidious about her silverware; she won’t eat in the cafeteria because she thinks the forks aren’t clean enough.
6. In the mornings Steve’s hair is usually unruly and hard to manage; much like this class sometimes.
7. patronize
8. ominous
9. persecute (ion)
10. desolate
 

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