How does using the context of a passage you read?
it gives you the definition of an unfamiliar word.
it gives you the etymology of an unfamiliar word.
it gives you the pronunciation of an unfamiliar word.
it gives you the current usage of an unfamiliar word.

In hard times by charles dickens, mr. gradgrind’s name can be interpreted in several ways. the selection supports all of the following interpretations except he grinds out graduates who are similar to each other as if he were running a factory he grinds the importance of facts into students’ heads he grinds down children by crushing their imaginations he grinds his teeth together, suggesting his intolerance for fantasy

Which of these sentences is the correct one?

What word or words suggest they have a monotonous marriage? in the lamb to the slaughter