In the sentence from barbara kingsolver's "life without go-go boots," "writers are supposed to be eccentric," the word eccentric is a euphemism for poorly dressed fashionable late effortlessly stylish unconventionally old-fashioned

The right answe is "unconventionally"

Explanation: Euphemism is a figure of speech that employs more agreeable terms to soften an expression. In this case, Barbara Kingsolver meant that the writers should be unconventional, but these words might sound very aggressive, so to soften the expression, the authors preferred to use the word "eccentric" instead of "unconventional" .

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the answer:

in the first part of the story running is all that matters to squeaky. running gives her confidence and defines who she is. at the beginning of the story she says that other kids call her mercury because she runs very fast. in the text she refers to herself as "miss quicksilver".

the line that provides the best evidence that squeaky has self-confidence is

" and i continue with my breathing exercise, strolling down broadway toward the ice cream man on 145th with not a care in the world cause i am miss quicksilver herself".

1- respelling: 2

2-synonym: 6

3- definition: 5

4-entry -word: 1

5-etymology: 4

6-alternate forms: 3

7-illustrative quote: 7