Question

Giving BrainList!!!
Read this section of the text:
With an excellent sense of smell that compensates for almost total blindness, the hagfish will locate and latch on to a victim.

Which phrases from the text provide clues to the meaning of the word compensates?
Sense of smell and almost total blindness
Excellent sense and locate and latch
Almost total and latch on to
Locate and latch and to a victim

Answer 1

Sense of smell and almost total blindness.

Answer 2

That would be choice A.
If you’ll notice those are the two phrases that surround the word we are looking at.

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