“to sail”, explanation/synonym, ship In the sentence, it is said that “the Europeans… sailed along the west coast of Africa in their galleons”. This tells us that Europeans must be on something that can navigate the shore/water. “Sailing” is an explanation of what the galleon does. he tells us that a galleon is a ship or boat that Europeans used in the 1470s for trade. This also tells us that it is not a small boat as it is used to transport goods from Europe to Africa and the West Indies.
“rigidly fixed”
the clue given was “navigate”. The context clues used were either a rephrasing or a synonym clue. Through the clues of the context, we can say with certainty that the word Galeão was a ship or boat used by Europeans to navigate the sea.
The correct answer to the question above would be the second option. Based on the above excerpt from “Ship’s Chronometer from HMS Beagle”, the clue in context that best helps readers determine the meaning of the default word is the term “rigidly fixed”. I hope this answer helps you.
answer: search for the word before and after the word you don’t know explanation: or you can search for it 🙂
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