Create context clues, You are NOT writing basic sentences; instead, you are creating sentences that have details that allow the reader to determine the meaning of the given word. For example; There is a large demand all over the United States for plants indigenous to the desert. Many people in Arizona have made a good business of growing and selling cacti and other local plants.

You can see that the meaning of the word can be understood from the clues that surround it.

now you can do each vocabulary word:
gregarious

tact

dissonance

furtive

i would have to say "a" or "d".

"the tune the he might never know again." this part build anticipation. dexter got extremely happy by the piano tune. he could see what he was living at that moment in his life throught this feeling. the reader might want to learn more about his happy life. in fact, he called it a state of   'ecstasy'. the fact that he had got in a mood of intense appreciation and that everything about him was extremely bright and glamorous might lead the reader to feel that this state of happiness may not last long. the two parts from the excerpt that exemplify the anticipation are: " the sound of the "; " it was a know again."