What type of context clue is used in the sentence Their greatest fear was of a conflagration, since fire would destroy their flimsy wooden settlement before help could arrive?
A、Definition.
B、Example.
C、Synonymy
D、Hyponymy.
【正确答案】：C
【题目解析】：Chapter 8 Synonymy or synonymous expressions are freguently employed by authors to explain new words.
