I cant see the rest of the passage, but im taking a guess that it is no.2!
Answer:
And when . . . people enter into a free government, they do not barter away their natural rights; they simply pledge themselves to protect each other in the enjoyment of them, through prescribed judicial and legislative tribunals.
Explanation:
An ellipsis is a set of dots (…) that show the omission of superfluous words or that could be inferred from contextual clues.
Only the second option applies it correctly because it only omits "100 or 1,000,000", which is information superfluous to the main idea of the speech.
The other options omit information that is crucial for a complete understanding of the excerpt.
Answer:
D) decorated
Explanation:
use context clues to identify the definition of the word "adorned"
or use a dictionary lol
I believe the word means being cautious in this context.
