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To find a word’s meaning, the reader can study the surrounding words, which are called the.

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prefixes and root words
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Context clues

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When you are reading a text and find an unknown word, one way you can infer the meaning of that word is by using context clues. Context clues refer to all the surrounding information or words of the unknown word. Some types of context clues are direct explanations, synonyms, antonyms and examples or illustrations of the unfamiliar word.

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