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chads108

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Brad is a second grader who has heard the word "economy" and knows that it has something to do with money. However, he is unable to define the word or use it in a sentence. His partial understanding of this word illustrates which characteristic of vocabulary words and vocabulary knowledge?


◦ English has many synonyms.
◦ Words have multiple meanings.
◦ A dictionary definition of a word is often more complicated than the word itself.
◦ There are different levels of word knowledge.


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There are different levels of word knowledge.



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