The two words in this excerpt from The Count of Monte Cristo can be used as synonyms to determine the meaning of the word grotto are:
- Mephitic; (Option C) and
- atmosphere. (Option F).
This question is more about context clues and a little bit about synonyms. The two words which provide clue to the meaning of the word "grotto" are synonyms. Notice that the word "atmosphere" is qualified by the word "foul".
Mephitic also means foul smelling gas or air.
<h3>What is a synonym?</h3>
A synonym is a word that can be used in the place of another without the sentence in which the first word was used losing its contextual meaning.
<h3>What is a context clue?</h3>
A context clue is a word or a phrase that ins indicated by the author to enable the reader grasp the meaning of uncommon, new or complex words or phrases.
Full Question:
Dantès entered the second grotto. The second grotto was lower and more gloomy than the first; the air that could only enter by the newly formed opening had the mephitic smell Dantès was surprised not to find in the outer cavern. He waited in order to allow pure air to displace the foul atmosphere, and then went on. At the left of the opening was a dark and deep angle. But to Dantes' eye there was no darkness. He glanced around this second grotto; it was, like the first, empty.
Which two words in this excerpt from The Count of Monte Cristo can be used as synonyms to determine the meaning of the word grotto?
A) Air
B) opening
C) mephitic
D) cavern
D) pure
F) atmosphere
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