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Instead of promptly consulting a dictionary, a careful reader can often decipher a word's meaning by relying on _____. context clues a knowledge of Latin and Greek root words and prefixes context clues and knowledge of root words and prefixes

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Instead of promptly consulting a dictionary, a careful reader can often decipher a word's meaning by relying on "context clues" which can often illuminate a rough definition. 
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