Which of the following locations in a text are where you find clues to decipher the meaning of a word you don’t know?
select all that apply.

surrounding sentences
nearby words
the index
a neighboring phrase or clause
in a grammar handbook

The surrounding sentences, nearby words and the neighbouring phrase or clause can help in getting the meaning of the word which we don’t know.

Explanation:

The surrounding sentences hints at the use of the word in the particular context. The nearby words can also be helpful in the same sense. A neighbouring phrase or a clause can also help in deciphering the meaning and using in context of the sentence. all these locations contributes to understand the meaning of the unknown or the unacknowledged word appropriately.

the words “strangest” and “unusual” suggest that the narrator is about to tell the story of an odd or puzzling group of people.