Question

please help

The hot-air balloon launched by the Montgolfier brothers in 1783 was the ___ of the modern airplane.
A.
precursor
B.
conglomeration
C.
valor
D.
celerity

Answer 1

will medal and fan

Answer 2

Hi! I can help if you still need it!

Answer 3

please

Answer 4

Okay! I'm going to list the definitions (or meanings) of each word:

A. precursor: a person or thing that comes before another of the same kind; a forerunner

B. conglomeration: a number of different things, parts or items that are grouped together; collection.

C. valor: great courage in the face of danger, especially in battle.

Last one, Phew!

D. celerity: swiftness of movement.

Now which choice best fits the sentence:

The hot-air balloon launched by the Montgolfier brothers in 1783 was the ___ of the modern airplane.

Answer 5

A?

Answer 6

Correct good job!

Answer 7

Is that all you need help with?

Answer 8

In his novel The Jungle, Upton Sinclair ___ the filth of meat-packing plants in Chicago, an attack that led to the Pure Food and Drug Act.

A.
availed
B.
abjected
C.
assailed
D.
discoursed

Answer 9

i think b but im not sure.abject means humiliate

Answer 10

All righty! I'm going to do the same thing I did for the last one.

A. availed: use or take advantage of (an opportunity or available resource).

B. abjected: sunk to or existing in a low state or condition

C. assailed: make a concerted or violent attack on.

D. discoursed: speak or write authoritatively about a topic.

Which one best fits the sentence:

In his novel The Jungle, Upton Sinclair ___ the filth of meat-packing plants in Chicago, an attack that led to the Pure Food and Drug Act.

(PS: I agree with you it might be C :)

Answer 11

Or B I mean!