Question

Identify the words that serve as context clues for the term mercenaries.

Even though Hannibal displayed brilliant strategies through the use of mercenaries, hired professional soldiers, and surprise attack...

A. brilliant strategies
B. his use of
C. hired professional soldiers

Answer 1

The answer is C. Hired Professional Soldiers

Answer 2

C

Step-by-step explanation:

Even if we don't know the meaning of the word mercenaries, we have a context clue in the form of a synonym/restatement, which is "hired professional soldiers," i.e., the very definition of what a mercenary is. The fact that the noun phrase "hired professional soldiers" follows "mercenaries" after a comma and is in plural form too helps find this context clue.