Which meaning from the dictionary best matches the underlined word as it is used in the paragraph? my brother and i always dread the backbreaking job of cleaning out the garage. we make excuses until we know mom is at her limit. but when we finally get started the job is never as bad as we imagined it would be. read the dictionary entries. dread (dred) verb 1. to have great fear 2. to lack enthusiasm for noun 3. a terror 4. a person or thing that is feared 5. (pl) a hair style a. 1. to have great fear b. 2. to lack enthusiam for c. 3. a terror d. 5. (pl) a hair style

Which phrase from the poem "when you are old" leads the reader to infer that the subject was admired for her beauty by many, but only truly loved by him? a. "old and grey" b. "a little sadly" c. "their shadows deep" d. "with love false or true"

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Returning from vietnam, we were given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold us back. b. i felt unappreciated and condemned for actions i had thought were heroic. c. i hadn't expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this. d. we had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.