READING 1 OF 23 focus words
Context study 1
Read for meaning first. Select a highlighted word if you want a closer look.
The character would personify the town's restless ambition. The letter expresses a quiet piety without display. She reached the pith of the argument in a few sentences.
Poets may personify the wind as a whispering traveler. The historian distinguished private piety from public ceremony. The editor asked him to preserve the pith while cutting the repetition.
Before you move on
Look away from the passage. Can you explain each focus word in your own words?
Original fictional passages for vocabulary practice.