Using Context Cluse
Study this example.
The gown was hideous. It was so ugly that no one bought it.
What does hideous mean here? If you do not know the meaning,there are cluse to help you. The phrases
so ugly and no one bought it are context clues. They help you figure out that hideous means very ugly.
When you are reading,you may come to a word you do not know. Sometimes you can figure out the meaning of the word from its context. when you figure out a word's meaning from its context, you find other ideas and words around it that give you clues to its meaning
Synonyms as Context Clues
Sometimes a sentence contains a synonym for aword you do not know. The context of the sentence tells you that the two words are synonyms
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