Read this sentence from the Newsela article "Storytelling and Cultural Traditions." Both men and women can be griots, but women are called griottes and often don't have the same status as the men.

What is the meaning of status?

Complete the sentence. when trying to determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word, you should first replace the unfamiliar word with a synonym that you identified based on the context clues. remove the unfamiliar word from the sentence. think of an antonym for the unfamiliar word. look for context clues that indicate the word's meaning.