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MEAING IN THE CONTEXT 01 Guess the meaning of the underlined word(s) in each sentence according to the context: 1. Jeff Blitz gets into the shoes of these fascinating abecedarians, most of whom sit at the nerd table in their middle-school cafeteria. 2. In order to add jollity to the proceedings, said the dean, each graduand would find beneath his seat a little tub of bubbles, complete with mortar board cap. 3. A group of students at Simons Rock, part of Bard College, is fighting the parietal rules against nonresident students staying overnight in single-sex freshmen dormitories. 4. While many adolescent boys value underachievement almost as a badge of honor and intellectual boys are nervous of being derided as swots, the girls are getting on with their learning. 5. As all the patients undergoing cataract surgery are mature adults, the theory of andragogy is more appropriate. 6. The panmixia hypothesis -- that all European eels migrate to the Sargasso Sea of reproduction and comprise a single, randomly mating population -- is widely accepted. 7. The company is planning to use the phrase to promote medicine, officinal drinks and nutrients for human use. 8. Bions perception of the disgregating effects of boredom and complete lack of discipline, all formed part of the real personal emotional experience on which his theories lie. 9. While it would be unforgivably coarse to slaver over her good looks, it would be prissy to shirk the obvious truth that most film actresses are still required to be beautiful. 10. The commitment necessary to be a success at this life should take up every second of the day -- and would compete too much with the bewitching and jealous mistress that is forensic bibliopegy. 11. OBriens credo seems to be that the only revenge is to survive. Mind you, she does not shirk from taking her own auctorial revenge on those characters who did wrong by Nell. 12. Between 1952 and 1984, about two fascicles a year were published. 13. Christopher Buckleys novel