Look at the passage below and consider the underlined word. Which set of clues did you use to determine the meaning of the underlined word? “Mr. Chong, whom I secretly nicknamed Old Chong, was very strange, always tapping his fingers to the silent music of an invisible orchestra. He looked ancient in my eyes. He had lost most of the hair on top of his head and he wore thick glasses and had eyes that always looked tired and sleepy.”

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Look at the passage below and consider the underlined word. Which set of clues did you use to determine the meaning of the underlined word?   “Mr. Chong, whom I secretly nicknamed Old Chong, was very strange, always tapping his fingers to the silent music of an invisible orchestra. He looked ancient in my eyes. He had lost most of the hair on top of his head and he wore thick glasses and had eyes that always looked tired and sleepy.”

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What is the underlined word?