4. use the surrounding context to infer the definition of impertinences as it is used paragraph 5 of the story. write your definition here, explaining how you came to this meaning. then, verify your understanding of the word with a print or an online dictionary.
a. the old man arrives bald and nearly toothless, and his \huge buzzard wings\ are \dirty and half - plucked.\ then he loses most of his feathers and becomes ill. at the end, his wings regrow \large, stiff\ feathers\ that allow him to fly away.
b. pelayo and elisenda overlook the \inconvenience of the wings\ to decide the man is a sailor. the neighbor sees his wings and thinks he is an angel of death. the priest is suspicious because the so - called angel appears to be \much too human.\
c. i think this word means \acts of rudeness or disrespect.\ the word refers to the townspeople’s actions toward the angel, including housing him in a chicken coop and throwing \fruit peels and breakfast leftovers\ at him, so the word is a noun. when i look up the word in a dictionary, i see that my definition works.
d. the people feed the spider - woman and are moved by her story. they treat the man like a caged animal but are kind to the spider - woman because her story is \full of so much human truth\ and reflects \a fearful lesson\ they can relate to.
e. i think this word means he quality of being cautious or careful.\ my conclusion is based on the priest’s actions: he suspects that the old man is the devil. he warns people not to be \ingenuous.\ he writes to his bishop for a verdict.

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4. use the surrounding context to infer the definition of impertinences as it is used paragraph 5 of the story. write your definition here, explaining how you came to this meaning. then, verify your understanding of the word with a print or an online dictionary.
a. the old man arrives bald and nearly toothless, and his \huge buzzard wings\ are \dirty and half - plucked.\ then he loses most of his feathers and becomes ill. at the end, his wings regrow \large, stiff\ feathers\ that allow him to fly away.
b. pelayo and elisenda overlook the \inconvenience of the wings\ to decide the man is a sailor. the neighbor sees his wings and thinks he is an angel of death. the priest is suspicious because the so - called angel appears to be \much too human.\
c. i think this word means \acts of rudeness or disrespect.\ the word refers to the townspeople’s actions toward the angel, including housing him in a chicken coop and throwing \fruit peels and breakfast leftovers\ at him, so the word is a noun. when i look up the word in a dictionary, i see that my definition works.
d. the people feed the spider - woman and are moved by her story. they treat the man like a caged animal but are kind to the spider - woman because her story is \full of so much human truth\ and reflects \a fearful lesson\ they can relate to.
e. i think this word means 	he quality of being cautious or careful.\ my conclusion is based on the priest’s actions: he suspects that the old man is the devil. he warns people not to be \ingenuous.\ he writes to his bishop for a verdict.

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# Brief Explanations:
The task is to infer the meaning of "impertinences" from the story's context in paragraph 5 and then verify it with a dictionary. Option C correctly infers the meaning as "acts of rudeness or disrespect" based on the townspeople's actions towards the angel, such as housing him in a chicken - coop and throwing things at him. This option also correctly identifies the word as a noun and verifies the meaning with a dictionary check.
# Answer:
C. I think this word means "acts of rudeness or disrespect." The word refers to the townspeople’s actions toward the angel, including housing him in a chicken coop and throwing "fruit peels and breakfast leftovers" at him, so the word is a noun. When I look up the word in a dictionary, I see that my definition works.

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