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7th grade reading passage

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  1. bizarre
    conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
    That's how he acquires many of his customers for his bizarre inventions.
  2. transform
    change or alter in appearance or nature
    He transformed his wife's hairdryer into a miniature rocket engine and his son's Nintendo into a toaster.
  3. miniature
    being on a very small scale
    He transformed his wife's hairdryer into a miniature rocket engine and his son's Nintendo into a toaster.
  4. gigantic
    exceedingly large or extensive
    Gigantic signs are nailed to telephone poles and dead tree trunks.
  5. acquire
    come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
    That's how he acquires many of his customers for his bizarre inventions.
  6. realize
    be fully aware or cognizant of
    A lot of people go back
    there, turning their cars around when they realize they're lost.
  7. attempt
    make an effort
    Last week he attempted to sell me a calculator that he'd turned into a cell phone, but I had to refuse because we didn't need any more cell phones in the house.
Created on Thu Oct 25 13:18:14 EDT 2012 (updated Thu Oct 25 13:21:41 EDT 2012)

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