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6. Use a thesaurus.
A thesaurus is a book of words and their synonyms. Synonyms are words that mean almost the same thing. For example, if you look up walk in a thesaurus, you may find stroll, hike, and step. A thesaurus may also list antonyms for some words. Antonyms are words that mean the opposite.
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Look for the Right Word 🟪 Let’s say you use a thesaurus to find just the right word for hit in the following sentence:
Josie ________ the ball over the shortstop’s head.
Look up the word hit as you would in a dictionary. (As you can see below, it is located between history and hitch.)