Answer:
Words and their context clues:
precocious → skilled at the age of three
flabbergasted → blown away
dexterity → the ease with which she uses her hands
gloated → took pride in her paintings
agape → mouth wide open
Definition of the words:
precocious → to develop at an early age
flabbergasted → greatly surprised
dexterity → skillfulness in using the hands
gloated → to relish or dwell pleasantly on one's success or misfortunes.
agape → very wide open
Explanation:
From the above, I have been able to write out the context clues that helpus to understand the underlined words.
These context clues can be seen in the passage if carefully studied.
Also, I went ahead to give their meanings/definitions.
Answer: Russia is a Tzarism Country.
Explanation:
Tzarism is a system of government by a tsar, especially in Russia until 1917.
Answer: watt supplied the inventions Bolton furnish that money and attended to the business
Explanation:
<span>Example: Pink for girls and blue for boys – I can’t believe people still follow to this cliché</span>
The infinitive phrase is "to spend the afternoon tobogganing".
An infinitive phrase expresses the action in a sentence. They can often function as nouns, adjectives or adverbs. E.g.: To win the approval of her mother-in-law by cooking dinner was Mary's only hope. The infinitive phrase in bold functions as a noun because is the subject of the sentence. When the phrase explains 'how' it functions as and adjective, when the phrase explains 'why' it functions as an adverb.
