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Check out this question about synonyms. We think it's wonderful, magnificent, excellent, superb...you get it.

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Here's your shmoop du jour brought to you by confusing words with multiple [Man in shed with saw and hammer]

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meanings like the time that blind carpenter picked up his hammer and saw.....

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check out the following passage....

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okay here we go supply a synonym that

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best matches the use of state in the third sentence of paragraph 3

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now lest we forget poor Gregor has just [Cockroach appears on a bed]

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turned into an enormous cockroach so keep that in mind when we consider the

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meaning of state which can have multiple definitions for example it can refer to

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the government of a province like in the United States or the state of California

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but that's probably not the meaning here unless Gregor's home state has some [Cockroach appears in court]

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pretty weird regulations about sleeping positions instead it's pretty safe to

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assume that Gregor's troubles have something to do with the whole cockroach

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deal he's got going on so state in this case refers to the current condition

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he's in ie the state of being a cockroach but other synonyms could work

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too, like shape or form all good choices the important thing is when presented [Car driving down a road]

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with multiple options you should always search for clues and then choose right

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one right unless of course well the right choice happens to be left...[Car drives off cliff edge]

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