Each sentence below contains a vocabulary word alongside an embedded context clue. Match each sentence to the definition that corresponds to its underlined word.
- To avoid exceeding the expedition budget, the lead navigator remained frugal, practicing careful thrift and avoiding wasteful expenditure.Thrifty and economical
- The repair crew encountered a formidable obstacle—an intimidating and daunting fracture across the main turbine casing.Intimidating and daunting
- Recognized across the regiment as taciturn, the veteran marksman was habitually quiet and reserved during briefings.Quiet and uncommunicative
- Executing a prudent strategy, the convoy commander took sensible and cautious measures before entering the fog.Cautious and sensible
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frugal matches Thrifty and economical; formidable matches Intimidating and daunting; taciturn matches Quiet and uncommunicative; prudent matches Cautious and sensible.
Each sentence provides an explicit syntactic clue that restates the target word: 'practicing careful thrift' defines frugal, 'intimidating and daunting' defines formidable, 'habitually quiet and reserved' defines taciturn, and 'sensible and cautious' defines prudent.
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Identifying synonym context clues through appositives, dash restatements, and paired descriptions.
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