Question

drag each tile to the correct box. based on the context of each quote from incidents in the life of a slave girl by harriet ann jacobs, find the word that most closely matches the denotation of the bolded word. to make a supply last by economy to free from to refrain from he told her all; only he forbore to mention how sick and pale her darling looked. she did this to prevent the cook and her children from eking out their meager fare with the remains of the gravy and other scrapings. o, how i despised him! i thought how glad i should be, if some day when he walked the earth, it would open and swallow him up, and disencumber the world of a plague.

Explanation:

1. For the sentence "He told her all; only he forbore to mention how sick and pale her darling looked." The word "forbore" means to hold back or refrain from doing something, so it matches "to refrain from".
2. For the sentence "She did this to prevent the cook and her children from eking out their meager fare with the remains of the gravy and other scrapings." The phrase "eking out" means to make a small supply last by being economical, so it matches "to make a supply last by economy".
3. For the sentence "O, how I despised him! I thought how glad I should be, if some day when he walked the earth, it would open and swallow him up, and disencumber the world of a plague." The word "disencumber" means to free from a burden or something unwanted, so it matches "to free from".

Answer:

• "He told her all; only he forbore to mention how sick and pale her darling looked." → to refrain from
• "She did this to prevent the cook and her children from eking out their meager fare with the remains of the gravy and other scrapings." → to make a supply last by economy
• "O, how I despised him! I thought how glad I should be, if some day when he walked the earth, it would open and swallow him up, and disencumber the world of a plague." → to free from