drag each tile to the correct box.

match the underlined words in the excerpts from stephen cranes he open boat\ to their correct contextual meanings.

- the cook squatted in the bottom and looked with both eyes at the six inches of gunwale which separated him from the ocean.
- \oh, well,\ said the captain, soothing his children, \well get ashore all right.\
- the captain, rearing cautiously in the bow, after the dinghy soared on a great swell, said that he had seen the lighthouse at mosquito inlet.
- but at last there came a wave more gentle than the others, and when at the crest of it he swiftly scoured the western horizon.

tiles:
- to have a calming effect
- to get up or raise oneself
- to search or peer at thoroughly to locate something
- to crouch or sit with bent knees

Question

drag each tile to the correct box.

match the underlined words in the excerpts from stephen cranes 	he open boat\ to their correct contextual meanings.

- the cook squatted in the bottom and looked with both eyes at the six inches of gunwale which separated him from the ocean.
- \oh, well,\ said the captain, soothing his children, \well get ashore all right.\
- the captain, rearing cautiously in the bow, after the dinghy soared on a great swell, said that he had seen the lighthouse at mosquito inlet.
- but at last there came a wave more gentle than the others, and when at the crest of it he swiftly scoured the western horizon.

tiles:
- to have a calming effect
- to get up or raise oneself
- to search or peer at thoroughly to locate something
- to crouch or sit with bent knees

Accepted Answer

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Analyze "squatted" in context

Analyze "soothing" in context

Analyze "rearing" in context

Analyze "scoured" in context

Answer:

Excerpt	Contextual Meaning
"Oh, well," said the captain, soothing his children, "We'll get ashore all right."	to have a calming effect
The captain, rearing cautiously in the bow, after the dinghy soared on a great swell, said that he had seen the lighthouse at Mosquito Inlet.	to get up or raise oneself
But at last there came a wave more gentle than the others, and when at the crest of it he swiftly scoured the western horizon.	to search or peer at thoroughly to locate something