In Act 3, Scene 2:
CALIBAN
(to TRINCULO) Thou liest, thou jesting monkey, thou! I would my valiant master would destroy thee. I do not lie. " (The Tempest, Act 3, Scene 2)
Caliban calls Ariel "a jesting monkey" and a liar, who is in turn, speaking as Trínculo. Ariel is imitating Trínculo´s voice and is invisible, thus the confussion. It is worth mentioning that "jester" means fool.
The answer is an altimeter it measures altitude and altitudes definition is height
I would do this by using context clues.
Example: This stupendous car is faster than anyone else's car!
If it is faster than anyone else's car than you can infer that stupendous means really good cause of the way it is used.