1. Trick 1: Clue Words

2. The bad news just seemed to keep pouring in
The bad news just seemed to keep pouring in. These abject circumstances were extremely difficult for Kara.

3. Be able write down whether the word is positive, negative, or neutral.
Goal for trick 1:
Be able write down whether the word is positive, negative, or neutral.

4. Trick 2: Parts of Speech

5. Goal for trick 2:
Be able to write down whether the word is a noun, verb, adjective, adverb, or other part of speech

6. Trick 3: Roots and Affixes

7. Maladroit

8. Maladroit Malady, malicious, dismal, malign, malevolent, malice, malcontent, malaria, Maleficent.

9. Goal for trick 3:
Be able to make a list of words that you know that contain the same root or affix as the word you are trying to figure out. See if you can figure out a pattern to see what the root or affix means.

10. Trick 4: Trigger Words

11. At first, I thought she was fairly friendly; however, when I got to know her better, I found out she was usually contentious.

12. Goal for trick 4:
Be able to write whether the part of the sentence your word appears in agrees, contradicts, adds to, causes, or is a cause of the rest of the sentence.

13. Trick 5: Context

14. Goal for trick 5:
Be able to write down any other details you learned from the rest of the sentence.

15. Trick 6: Synonyms

16. Goal for trick 6: Be able to substitute a synonym for your word
Hint: The synonym will probably be a part of the definition.

17. Because she wanted the plants to proliferate throughout the garden, she watered them every day.

18. Trick 1: Positive

19. Because she wanted the plants to proliferate throughout the garden, she watered them every day.

20. Trick 1: Positive Trick 2: Verb

21. Because she wanted the plants to proliferate throughout the garden, she watered them every day.

22. Trick 1: Positive Trick 2: Verb Trick 3: Pro=good, life=life

23. Because she wanted the plants to proliferate throughout the garden, she watered them every day.

24. Trick 1: Positive Trick 2: Verb Trick 3: Pro=good, life=life Trick 4: Watering the plants causes them to proliferate

25. Because she wanted the plants to proliferate throughout the garden, she watered them every day.

26. Trick 1: Positive Trick 2: Verb Trick 3: Pro=good, life=life Trick 4: Watering the plants causes them to proliferate Trick 5: Watering plants causes them to grow or live.

27. Because she wanted the plants to proliferate throughout the garden, she watered them every day.

28. Trick 1: Positive Trick 2: Verb Trick 3: Pro=good, life=life Trick 4: Watering the plants causes them to proliferate Trick 5: Watering plants causes them to grow or live. She wants the plant throughout the garden Trick 6: To grow quickly

29. Trick 1: Positive Trick 2: Verb Trick 3: Pro=good, life=life Trick 4: Watering the plants causes them to proliferate Trick 5: Watering plants causes them to grow or live. She wants the plants throughout the garden Trick 6: To grow quickly Dictionary: To grow quickly or multiply quickly.