Here are some more opportunities to learn the meaning of an unfamiliar word from an opposite word (antonym) or a contrasting idea in the context. Below each passage write (a) the clue to the meaning of the italicized word and (b) the meaning itself.
21. "Then such a scramble as there is to get aboard, and to get ashore, and to take in freight and to discharge freight!"-Mark Twain
a. CLUE:
b. MEANING:
22. The dealer is giving up his gas station because the profit is too small. He hopes to go into a more lucrative business.
a.CLUE:
b. MEANING:​