B. Contexts With Similar Words This section will show you how you may discover the meaning of an unfamiliar word or express from a similar word or expression in the context. Do you know the meaning of remuneration? If not, you should be able to learn it from passage 0 a. All school officials receive a salary except the members of the Board of Education, who serve without remuneration. Here, the meaning of remuneration is supplied by a similar word in the context, salary. What is a baker's dozen? If you do not know, try to find out from passage \( b \) : b. "Mrs. Joe has been out a dozen times, looking for you, Pip. And she's out now, making it a baker's dozen."-Charles Dickens A dozen plus one is the same as a baker's dozen. Therefore, a baker's dozen must mean "thirteen." Let's try one more. Find the meaning of comprehension in passage \( c \) : c. I understand the first problem, but the second is beyond my comprehension. The clue here is understand. It suggests that comprehension must mean "understanding." Note that you sometimes have to perform a small operation to get the meaning. In passage \( c_{1} \) example, you had to change the form of the clue word understand to understanding. In passage \( b \), youn to do some adding: twelve plus one equals a baker's dozen. In passage \( a \), however, you were able to use clue word salary, without change, as the meaning of remuneration. Pretest 3 Write the meaning of the italicized word or expression in the space provided. (Hint: Look for a simin word or expression in the context.) 1. "In the marketplace of Goderville was a great crowd, a mingled multitude of men and beasts."-Gu de Maupassant multitude means \( \qquad \) 2. When I invited you to go for a stroll, you said it was too hot to walk. stroll means \( \qquad \) 3. Jane's little brother has discovered the cache where she keeps her photographs. She.ll have to fin another hiding place. cache means \( \qquad \) 4. The spine, or backbone, runs along the back of human beings. spine means \( \qquad \) 5. "The king and his court were in their places, opposite the twin doors-those fateful portals so terrib in their similarity."-Frank R. Stockton portals means \( \qquad \) 16 Vocabulary for the High School Student