Question

Read the following sentence:

Hungry and impatient, she beckoned the waiter, but he pretended not to see her snapping fingers and continued taking orders from his other table.

Based on context clues in the reading, define "beckon."


belittle or run down


wave away


shout at


summon with a gesture

Answer 1

summon with a gesture

(Context clue: she was "snapping fingers" to get the waiter's attention.)