54 PART ONE Ten Steps to Improving College Reading Skill B. Use context clues to figure out the meaning of the italicized word in each following items. Then write your definition in the space provided. VOCAB has been Surgeons can completely severed is sent to the hospital with the victim. Sur often reattach the body part with microsurgery. Severed (sv'ard) means 6. A person giving first aid needs to make sure a body part that rs often distort the news by reporting rumors as if they 7. Tabloid newspape were true. Distort (di-strt') means 8. It's not always necessary for adults to intervene in children's fights sometimes it's best to let children handle quarrels themselves. Intervene (in'tar-ven') means 9. Many companies once had retirement policies that made it mandatory for people to quit working as soon as they turmed a certain age. Mandatory (man'da-tr') means 10. After a heavy public relations campaign against the union, the hospital finally relented and allowed its workers to join. Relented (ri-lent'id) means