Strategies for Guessing the Meaning of Unknown Words

from Context
1.What part of speech is the unknown word?
2.What words go before and after the unknown
word?
3.Is there a similar word in your language? Could it
mean the same?
4. Is the word contrasted with one with an opposite
meaning?
5. Does the word have a prefix or suffix (e.g. un/able)
that can help you with the meaning?
6. Can you find another word in the text with a similar
meaning?
7. Is there a definition of the word somewhere in the
text?
8. Does the context of the sentence/paragraph help?