Understanding Vocabulary (10th A)

_______ the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning.

A word that means the same _______

Synonym of beautiful ________

Look for nearby words that mean the ____ _____ as an unknown word.

_______ a word opposite in meaning to another

Some times the context includes ________ that maked the meaning of the unknown word clear.

__________ language is the language that is not meant to be taken literally and often uses metaphors or similes

Another way to use context to guess the meaning is to look for clues such as

________ and suffixes.

_____ is an expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but must be learned as a whole.

_________ is to make a well informed guess.