Sturdy is the adjective. It acts on and describes the noun "ship."
Answer: Foreboding
Explanation:
According to the Oxford dictionary, foreboding means fearful apprehension; a feeling that something bad will happen.
From the sentence;
The shadows lengthened and crept out like stealthy, grotesque monsters across the grass.
The word which bests describe the underlying tone connotated by the words is “Foreboding”
The word grotesque means ugly
The word monster means a large frightening creature.
The word stealthy means secretive
The sentence translates to; the shadows crept out secretively like an ugly monster.
All these words put together give a foreboding description. That is they give a scary feeling and the feeling that something bad will happen.
The correct option is D: <em>That his genotype would survive.</em>
Technical language refers to terminologies or jargon used and easily understood by people or professionals who work in a particular field.
In this case, the word "<em>genotype</em>" is a piece of technical language.