"A Bittersweet Memoir" by Matthew Weinstein November/December 2016 AR Biography Activity

"Those cold numbers won't begin to delineate the man Roberto Clemente."(p. 106)

Based upon the context clues, the word "delineate"means to explain in detail.

"The earth trembled and many people died."(p. 107)

Based upon the context clues, the word "trembled" means to have shaken.

"The car turns down a bumpy secondary road and moves past small shantytowns where the sounds of the children stirring for a long walk toward school begin to drift out on the morning air." (p. 107)

Based upon the context clues, the word "shantytowns" means poor, small towns.

"Then there is another turn, between a brace of trees and onto the hard packed dirt and sand, and although the light has not yet quite begun to break, you can sense the nearness of the ocean." (p. 107)

Based upon the context clues, the word "brace" means a group.

"It was apparent that the plane needed more work." (p. 108)

Based upon the context clues, the word "apparent" means object.

"The departure time was delayed an hour, and then two and then three." (p. 108)

Based upon the context clues, the word "departure" means the time when something is scheduled to leave.

"They walked through the heat and they drove cars and battened little trucks, and the mound of supplies grew and grew." (p. 108)

Based upon the context clues, the word "battened" means broken down.

"He told me that Pedron zarrilla, who was one of our most prominent baseball people, had seen him play, and that padron wanted him to sign a professional contract with the santurce crabbers." (p. 111)

Based upon the context clues "prominent" means important, well known.

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