Question

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

Answer 1

Instead of promptly consulting a dictionary, a careful reader can often decipher a word''s meaning by relying on "context clues" since these can often narrow down the meaning of a word. 

Answer 2

Answer:

Context clues and knowledge of root words and prefixes

Explanation:

When we are reading and find an unusual or unknown word within a text, we can use the surrounding information to help comprehend the meaning of that word, as well as its pronunciation, when we do this, we are using the context clues. By using this technique we can save a lot of time and enhance our comprehension of the piece of writing as our reading would flow naturally and without major irruptions.

Similarly, a technique very helpful when finding an unknown word in a text is to have a knowledge of root words, prefixes and suffixes, as all these parts of a word have an standard meaning.

For example, in the word "prehistory", we can know the meaning of the word by simply having a knowledge of the prefix "pre" (which means "before"), and the root word "history" (the study of past events). Same with the word "illegal", the prefix "il" expresses the negative of something and "legal" means related to the law.