Which sentence uses a synonym context clue to help the reader understand the word gangly
A. The basketball team was the biggest group of gangly, skinny guys
I'd ever seen
B. Everyone on the team was gangly, not a single one was fat!
C. The guys on the team were so gangly they could have hidden
behind fence posts.
D. No matter how much they ate every day, the members of the team
stayed gangly

A. The basketball team was the biggest group of gangly, skinny guys

I'd ever seen

Explanation:

A synonym context clue are those hints which are given about the words nearest in meaning to words that help a reader get the meaning of the words.

Therefore, the sentence that uses a synonym context clue to help the reader understand the word "gangly" is option A.

actually the answer would be c.) jane addams worked hard to improve the lives of less fortunate people.