Instructions: Work on a system for guessing the meaning of new words.
Step 1: Decide which part of speech it is: noun, verb, adjective or adverb.
Step 2: Identify the word root.
Step 3: Identify the ending.
Step 4: Look at the sentence it comes from and guess what it may mean.
Step 5: Write down your guess. Then check in a dictionary. Were you right?