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Which word in the following sentence is a context clue for the meaning of the italicized word "scalding"?

The children saw how the scalding water produced steam from the rim of the boiling pot.

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Responses

rim
rim

children
children

boiling
boiling

produced

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
boiling — it indicates heat, which helps show that "scalding" means very hot.