Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and

Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short.Explain how context clues are used in the sentence "Their greatest fear was of a conflagration, since fire would destroy their flimsy wooden settlement before help could arrive".
【正确答案】：

SYNONYMY IS USED AS CONTEXT CLUE IN THIS SENTENCE. SYNONYMS OR SYNONYMOUS EXPRESSIONS ARE FREQUENTLY EMPLOYED TO EXPLAIN NEW WORDS. IN THIS SENTENCE CONFLAGRATION AND FIRE ARE SYNONYMS, SO THE MEANING OF CONFLAGRATION IS VERY CLEAR.

【题目解析】：本题考查根据线索猜测词义的运用。Synonymy is used as context clue in this sentence. Synonyms or synonymous expressions are frequently employed to explain new words. In this sentence conflagration and fire are synonyms, so the meaning of conflagration is very clear.