Question

7 strategies for decoding word meaning
*use context clues to formulate the meaning of a word by looking at words around it.

1. word parts - use the meanings of either the words roots or affixes to figure out the words meaning.
2. definitions or explanations - look to see if the author provides the meaning of the word.
3. synonyms - look for words that have similar meaning to the word.
4. examples - see if there are examples of the word nearby where it is located.
5. antonyms - look for words that would show contrast with the meaning of the word.
6. analogy - look to see if the author makes a comparison between two things that are usually different.
7. appositives - look for additional information between commas that follow the word.

use 1 of the 7 strategies to decode the meaning of the underlined word. cindy truly believed that opening a lemonade stand would be very lucrative, but she lost way more money than she earned.
unprofitable
troublesome
moneymaking

Explanation:

The word "but" indicates a contrast. Cindy thought the lemonade stand would be "lucrative" (the word we're decoding), but then she lost more money than she earned. So, we use the "Antonyms" strategy. "Unprofitable" is an antonym of what we'd expect (since she lost money, the opposite of what she thought). But looking at the options, "moneymaking" is the positive - related meaning (what she initially thought, before the "but" contrast). "Troublesome" is about difficulty, not related to money - making. So, using the context clue of the contrast ("but") and the Antonyms strategy (implicitly, as we're looking at the contrast in the situation), "moneymaking" fits as the meaning of "lucrative".

Answer:

C. moneymaking