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Read the sentence.

Sally's dexterous hands make simple work of even complex tasks, such as knitting.
Use context clues to determine the denotation of the underlined word.
skillful
tiny
knotty
busy

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The answer is A. Skillful

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Answer: A) skillful.

Explanation: Context clues are hints that an author gives to help the reader unerstand a difficult or unusual word within a sentence or paragraph. In the given sentence we can determine the meaning of the word dexterous" by looking at the context clue that give us the definition of the word: "make simple word of even complex tasks," this definition helps us know that "dexterous" means "skillful."

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