📌 In this passage, the author explains an event that shook her from her dreams.

📄 At 4:00 a.m. in Chicago, shaking shattered a deep slumber. My disoriented brain scoured for an explanation. A dream? A train screeching down the tracks? I became flush with rage, convinced that I had flushed my life savings down the toilet of a rickety structure that couldn't even withstand a train's slow journey. Hours later, steaming more than my coffee, I made my way to the train stop. I was startled when the woman next to me asked, "How about that earthquake?" 📃

✍️ Word of the Day 📎

Etymology
From the Latin stringere, meaning "to bind tightly".

➕ Connotation (reading)➖

Benefits➕:
📖 Better understand meaning and tone while reading ;
👥 Avoid misunderstandings in written communication ;
📓 Master new words by classifying them as positive or negative .

❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Determine the connotation of the word by choosing NEGATIVE (➖) or POSITIVE (➕).

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