Context clues are like puzzle pieces because they help you determine where things go or happen.
Protagonists is a good guy/ main character
It might be clearer to say: According to the dictionary, a squawk is not the same thing as a squeak. there's no need for them to be plural in your sentence and it's likely that, in the dictionary, they're listed as "squeak" and "squawk" singularly. when describing dictionary definitions it's best to use the form of the word that the dictionary uses for clarity.
Rapid, dart, speedy, zoom, dash, hurry
I hope this helps
