Use context (e.g., cause/effect relationships and comparisons in text) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. CCSS.ELAÂ­-Literacy.L.K.4.a Identify new meanings for familiar words and apply them accurately (e.g., knowing duck is a bird and learning the verb to duck). View Words at a Glance Close Multiple Meaning Words (K-2): 1  List 1: bolt, bat, bowl, bat, bark, bowl, bark, bolt, bit, bit. 2  List 2: clip, can, box, clip, can, club, club, box, check, check. 3  List 3: eye, dip, down, down, dip, fair, dress, fair, dress, eye. 4  List 4: foot, hard, gum, gum, fly, hard, file, fly, foot, file.
Annoy (noun) to molest, incommode, or harm; as, to annoy an army by impeding its march, or by a cannonade. Annoy (noun) a feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes; also, whatever causes such a feeling; as, to work annoy. Origin: [OE. anoi, anui, OF. anoi, anui, enui, fr. L. in odio hatred (esse alicui in odio, Cic.).
Synonym Discussion of irk. annoy, vex, irk, bother mean to upset a person's composure. annoy implies a wearing on the nerves by persistent petty unpleasantness. â¨their constant complaining annoys usâ© vex implies greater provocation and stronger disturbance and usually connotes anger but sometimes perplexity or anxiety.