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How can context help you clarify what a word means?​

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Some context clues for grim can be - very serious, gloomy, stern, aloof, forbidding, distant, uninviting, unapproachable, unattractive, bleak, dismal, dreary, dingy, miserable, wretched, depressing, disheartening, cheerless, or joyless.

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Certain words have multiple meanings, so by adding context it shows you which word your talking about.

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For example, think of the word bark,

It means the outside protective barrier of a tree, but it also describes the noise that comes out of dogs.

How would you know the difference without context of the word?

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