Flashcard 12 - Reading Comprehension Flashcard Set for the DAT

Elucidated means to make something clear or to explain it.

It is important to use context clues in questions like these because you are not required to have any outside knowledge to answer questions. As it’s used in the sentence, you can tell that the results expressed information about the socioeconomic factors and forest fire occurrence, which helps give clues as to the definition of the word elucidated.