context clues- around the difficult/unusual word, there may be hints to what the unusual word means. using context clues helps in figuring out a word's definition due to the nearby clues in the text.
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If you do not understand a word in a sentence, you can look at other words around it for ______ ______.
If you do not understand a word in a sentence, you can look at other words around it for context clues.