Context Clues Day 1

If your house depreciates, that means it loses some of its value.

What does depreciates mean?

A facsimile is always an exact copy.

What does facsimile mean?

The workers built a trestle, a braced framework made of wood, as a support for the railroad tracks where they crossed a stream.

What does trestle mean?

The cadence, or rhythm, of the Dixieland band had many people tapping their feet along with the music.

Edgar Allan Poe is best known for his macabre short stories and poems. His eerie tale “The Fall of the House of Usher” was later made into a horror movie starring Vincent Price.

While she was out of the country, Greta authorized me to act as her proxy, or agent, in matters having to do with her business and her personal bank accounts.