Which type of context clue is not provided for the word antediluvian in the following sentence?

Although my grandmother's old-fashioned ideas, such as abstinence until marriage, seemed antediluvian to me, I discovered many modern thinkers who agreed with her.

A) Contrast or antonyms

B) Examples

C) Synonyms

D) Definitions or explanations

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Aspen Gates

28 March, 14:51

Which type of context clue is not provided for the word antediluvian in the following sentence?

Although my grandmother's old-fashioned ideas, such as abstinence until marriage, seemed antediluvian to me, I discovered many modern thinkers who agreed with her.

A) Contrast or antonyms

B) Examples

C) Synonyms

D) Definitions or explanations

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Cailyn Wheeler · Answer 1

D, a definition or explanation is not provided.

You can infer the meaning through the clues it gives you, such as contrasting with the word "modernist", but it never actually comes right out and tells you what "antediluvian" means.