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SKILL 10: USE CONTEXT TO DETERMINE MEANING OF DIFFICULT WORDS


You may be asked to determine the meaning of a difficult word in a reading passage, a word that you are not expected to know. In this case, the passage will probably give you a clear indication of what the word means.

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Example:
This question asks about the meaning of the word incumbent. In this question, you are not expected to know the meaning of the word incumbent. Instead, you should understand from the context a person who is already in office that an incumbent is a current office-holder answer D is therefore the best answer to this question.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEQIhHRWb2g

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