B) Desolate
Desolate is deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness.
Example: There was a desolate wasteland besides for the grazing sheep.
I believe the direct object is the swimming hole and the indirect object is the ranch. In school, I learned that you should be able to write the sentence without the indirect object and it should still make sense. Therefore, the sentence without the indirect object would be "Our cousins showed us the swimming hole.".
Answer:
B. the sense of obligation to help others
D. the desire to get rich quickly and easily
Explanation:
This question refers to the article "10 Things You Can Do to Avoid Fraud". As the name suggests, the article consists of ten useful tips regarding money transaction, which proves to be very popular field of fraud operations.
There are mentions in the text of people asking for your financial help (paragraph 4), for favor of depositing a check for someone and sending the money to them (paragraph 7) and sending money to pop-up charities after crisis or disasters (paragraph 9). These are all examples of frauds based on people's impuls to help others.
Another popular type of fraud is promising easy money. It is usually done through foreign lotteries or claiming that you've already won the prize (paragraph 6). Also, there are also low-risk business propositions that promise great profit (paragraph 11).
A. Fooling oneself into believing something that is untrue
Answer:
Attribuere
Explanation:
The word comes from the Latin verb, which is made up the prefix ad, meaning "to," and tribuere meaning "give or bestow."
