Question

"The whole house was constantly in a state of inundation, under the discipline of mops and brooms and scrubbing brushes; and the good housewives of those days were a kind of amphibious animal, delighting exceedingly to be dabbling in water ... ."

What is the name of the context clue that points toward the meaning of inundation?

personal experience

synonym restatement

summary

mood or atmosphere

direct explanation

Answer 1

@Connexus-Doom

Answer 2

personal experience (still not sure what it means)

synonym restatement (nope. there are no synonyms here)

summary (Not sure if there are any unusual formatting of the text)

mood or atmosphere (Kind of but not really)

direct explanation (Yes, this is the best choice because it give a lot of examples)

Answer 3

E. direct explanation

Answer 4

thnx