Word:Albatross
Context clues: I could not figure out what the word meant, but the phrase "change the course of history" were clues to finding it out.
Sentence: Many might argue that gender is far more of an albatross than race.
Def: A constant, worrisome burden
Word: Snarky
Context clues: I found out what the word means by reading the sentences that followed it.
Sentence: The children became snarky when their toys were taken away.
Word: Pragmatic
Context clues: The words chillingly and union helped me figure out the meaning.
Sentence: As Charlotte Lucas says in "Pride and Prejudice," after she makes a chillingly pragmatic union, "Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance."
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