Today, I decided to try the "Using Context Clues" strategy to build my vocabulary. While reading an article online about climate change, I came across some unfamiliar words. Instead of looking them up right away, I tried to guess their meanings by looking at how they were used in the sentence and the words around them.
Example:
One of the sentences read:
"The government's new policy aims to mitigate the impact of greenhouse gases by encouraging renewable energy sources."