What type of context clue that provides the meaning of unfamiliar words that can be inferred or guessed from the description of the situation?

I returned to school soon after the war was over. The entire place, where the school used to be, was in _____.

What type of context clue that provides the synonyms of words to give the meaning of unfamiliar words?

The director felt remorse, or shame, for hiring some incompetent employees. What other words from the sentence that give synonyms to the underlined word?

My friends and I spent the first school day in tents. These were only temporary. We would be in a more permanent place once the buildings were rebuilt. Despite the _______ around us, people went about picking up their lives.

As a country in the Pacific Ring of Fire, the Philippines always experiences different natural calamities such as typhoons, earthquakes, and tsunamis. What type of context clue is used in the sentence?

The voracious team members ate one pizza each after the swim meet. Define voracious.

We left the campsite after spending wretched night in torrential rain. Define wretched.

Emily is going to get her vision tested because she can't see the board at school. What does vision probably mean?

Alex was excited by the tremendous monster trucks at the show. They were bigger than he had ever seen. What does tremendous probably mean?

If you gaze long enough at that picture of an old woman, she will seem to turn into a young woman. What does gaze probably mean?

Janelle had a sore calf after the race. She rubbed her leg from the knee to the ankle. What does calf probably mean?

My father went into a rage when I told him about the broken lamp. What does rage probably mean?

That movie was really humorous. I laughed so hard I was almost crying. What does humorous probably mean?

The successful man earned his millions through deceit and chicanery. Define chicanery.

The spy travelled incognito into enemy territory. Define incognito.