Read the sentence. When cotton clothing is permeated , or soaked through, with water, it stays wet and can freeze in cold weather. Based on context clues in the sentence, what is the most likely meaning of permeated ?

The sentence explains permeated with the clue “soaked through.” If cotton clothing is soaked through with water, it is saturated with water. So the most likely meaning is “saturated.”

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