Nico read the word admirable in a story. He did not know the meaning of the word. But he noticed that it reminded him of the word admire.

Nico connects “admirable” to the similar word “admire” to help figure out its meaning. This strategy is thinking of similar words. “Looking at how the word is used” would mean using context clues from the sentence or story.

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