Exercise: Language: Vocabulary in context

Identify the contextual clues that help you understand any unfamiliar words in the following sentences and write them in the text boxes provided. Then write paraphrases of three of the sentences.

  1. Before Prohibition, the criminal fringe in the United States had been a self-effacing, scattered class with little popular support.

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    Before Prohibition, the criminal fringe in the United States had been a self-effacing, scattered class with little popular support.
  2. The judge failed to recuse himself from the trial, even though he had a vested interest in the case’s outcome.

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    The judge failed to recuse himself from the trial, even though he had a vested interest in the case’s outcome.
  3. The clownfish lives symbiotically among sea anemones: it is protected from predators by the anemones’ poisonous tentacles, and it defends its territory by fighting off anemone-eaters.

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    The clownfish lives symbiotically among sea anemones: it is protected from predators by the anemones’ poisonous tentacles, and it defends its...
  4. Some have made the mistake of assuming that the new casinos will be a panacea for the state’s financial problems.

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    Some have made the mistake of assuming that the new casinos will be a panacea for the state’s financial problems.
  5. Health officials warned the population of an extremely virulent strain of flu next season and urged those with compromised immune systems to be vaccinated.

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    Health officials warned the population of an extremely virulent strain of flu next season and urged those with compromised immune systems to be...

Use the text boxes below to write your three paraphrases.

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