The first sentence is correct bc the semicolon divides two independent clauses while replacing a conjunction
Answer: ominous
Explanation:
In this paragraph, the word forbiding means the same as ominous. Ominous simply means that something that's threatening or bad.
From the passage, we are informed that a "dark and forbidding wood of giant arborescent ferns rose". This gives us the impression that there's something threatening there and that's an ominous sign.
B) Somatotopic is described as the point-for-point correspondence of an area of the body to a specific point on the central nervous system.