Fintry and the Laird
Vocabulary

Using Context Clues

Define the underlined word in each sentence in the space below the sentence or on a sheet of paper. The sentences come from the vignette.

1. Once upon a time, a wedge of land began to appear on the west side of Okanagan Lake.
2. When I was 21, I inherited a great deal of money from my uncle Dunn.
3. One of the great passions in the my life was, and has always been, hunting.
4. I wanted to create a thriving estate for my own satisfaction.
5.  In time, the trees produced bumper crops.
6. There was a kennel behind the house for my beloved hunting dogs.
7. It wasn’t until 1924, when I hired Angus Gray, that I found a capable manager.
8. I donated some cows to the farm at the University of British Columbia.
9. This is where I put the grizzly I bagged during a hunting trip to Alaska.
10. Some of the orchard land and some of Dun-Waters’ buildings have been preserved.

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